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ATM Modernization

Q&A: Alex Hendriks

RNAV/RNP: Eurocontrol's Vision Europe, with its multiple states, diverse airspace and projected 6 percent annual growth in air traffic, poses a difficult air traffic management (ATM) challenge. Eurocontrol, the senior body charged…

Business & GA

Safety: The Case For Wire Replacement

A truly massive wiring inspection program has ben announced by FAA. The benefits, in terms of avoiding unscheduled landings or preventing accidents, are supposed to outweigh the cost of the inspections by…

ATM Modernization

Scan

RNP Ops at Queenstown Air New Zealand (ANZ) is working with Airbus and Naverus, a Seattle-based firm specializing in performance navigation, to gain special Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) approval for its A320…

Commercial

United Airlines: Reinventing Support Services

Only now emerging from a bankruptcy filing three years ago, the world's second-largest airline--United Airlines--is betting that one element of its strategy for future prosperity will be a successful avionics troubleshooting and…

Commercial

B787 Cockpit: Boeing’s Bold Move

It is the most integrated, most supplier-based cockpit, using the largest display system and the most open architecture of any commercial aircraft developed by Boeing. The B787 flight deck also represents a…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

November 14-15 Contractor Logistics Support-The Expanded Role of the Contractor, The Hatton,London. Contact SMi, +44 870 9090 711 or visit www.smi-online.co.uk. 14-17 Project Management Principles and Practice, a course sponsored by UCLA…

ATM Modernization

Product Focus: Conformal Antennas: Sharing the Load

Air vehicle and radar designers aspire to the union of form and function: antennas that perform both structural and sensing roles. Such technology could revolutionize battlefield intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), enabling…

ATM Modernization

Editor’s Note: ADS-B: Its Time Has Come

It was quietly disclosed, with little fanfare. Had you not read an article by Charles Keegan, vice president, operations planning, with FAA's Air Traffic Organization, in an RTCA newsletter, you probably wouldn't…