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ATM Modernization

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First Public RNP Approach On Dec. 20, 2005, FAA demonstrated to the press the first public U.S. required navigation performance (RNP) approach--at Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Alaska Airlines started employing the…

Military

What’s New in 1553?

Mil-Std-1553 remains a dynamic area of avionics, and the technology continues to evolve, embracing packaging and software innovations, faster processors and local area networks, as well as reaching toward truly high-speed implementations.…

ATM Modernization

Calendar

February 14-16 ATC Maastricht, MECC, Maastricht, the Netherlands. Contact Ana Mandaric, CMP, phone +44 207 921 8545, e-mail [email protected] or visit www.atcmaastricht.com. 20-23 Flight Data Monitoring & FOQA, Short course at Cranfield…

Commercial

Editor’s Note: Militarizing FOQA

An article in this month's issue discusses a subject familiar to readers of Avionics Magazine--but from a very different perspective. We describe the U.S. Department of the Navy's plans to adapt a…

ATM Modernization

Ground-Based Augmentation

At A Glance: The U.S. military's ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) program, dubbed Joint Precision Approach and Landing System, or JPALS, is designed for installation on ships, as well as at ground facilities,…

Business & GA

Military FOQA Next Step in Safety

At A Glance: Long a staple of commercial aviation, flight operations quality assurance is coming to the military, too, as the Pentagon presses for heightened safety and readiness. We focus on the…

Military

Product Focus: What’s New in 1553?

Mil-Std-1553 remains a dynamic area of avionics, and the technology continues to evolve, embracing packaging and software innovations, faster processors and local area networks, as well as reaching toward truly high-speed implementations.…

ATM Modernization

New Products

Web-Based Flight Tracking ADS and Satamatics, UK and U.S. satcom companies, have launched a low-overhead flight following and messaging service called SAT 111. Based on Inmarsat's satellite network, SAT 111 is being…