ATM ModernizationProduct 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 ModernizationEditor’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…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Keeping Safety in Mind I want to comment on your Safety column in the June 2005 issue (page 65) titled "Perils of Single-Point Failures." Let me begin by saying that occasionally, when…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: NTIA Spotlights Spectrum Sharing At a recent conference on spectrum management, John Kneuer, deputy assistant secretary of Commerce for communications and information, outlined initiatives by the federal spectrum management agency to forward the Bush administration's agenda…
ATM ModernizationEditor’s Note: UAVs and RNP How urgent is the need to find ways to incorporate unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) into the national airspace system (NAS)? Read Holman Jenkins' column in the Aug. 24 issue of the Wall…
CommercialF-35 Integrated Sensor Suite: Lethal Combination At A Glance The targeting sensors in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter are designed to assure that the pilot concentrates on the combat environment, not on the onboard systems. The prime contractor,…
ATM ModernizationIn-Flight Cell Phones At A Glance European advocates of onboard cell phoning hope to obtain licenses in 2006. In this article we examine the state of play regarding: Certification challenges and interference mitigation technologies such…
ATM ModernizationInput/Output: Learning from UAV Mishaps The explosion of interest in unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) has focused attention on their high accident rate--several orders of magnitude greater than that of manned aircraft. The U.S. Defense Department's 2003 "UAV…