MilitaryAirliner Missile Defense: At What Cost? The November 2002 attack on an Israeli airliner, though unsuccessful, brought home to the U.S. Congress the possibility of a grave new threat to commercial aviation: shoulder-fired ground-to-air missiles. About three-quarters of…
ATM ModernizationAllowing CPDLS to Blossom You can't keep a good man down, the saying goes—and the same appears to be true with a good technology. Hit with budget constraints, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has had to…
Editor's NoteCalendar May 10-13 Smart Sensor Systems 2004, a course taught in English at Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands. Contact the Sensors Web Portal, phone, in North America, 416-233-4546 or in Europe,…
ATM ModernizationFeedback Maintenance and Missile Defense I enjoyed reading your Editor’s Note in the February 2004 issue titled “No Overnight Missile Defense.” And I understand the issues involved in protecting civilian airliners. A point…
Editor's NoteSystem Design: Frugal Testing For Interference RECENTLY, SOME FRIENDS SENT ME AN SOS e-mail about interference that was being detected from a little automotive microprocessor device they had been shipping for years with no problems. They couldn’t detect…
ATM ModernizationA Strong Pulse in ATM Air traffic management (ATM) may not be the fastest growing industry, but activities at ATC Maastricht 2004, Europe's premier ATM exhibition and conference, indicate that it is on a sound footing and…
Editor's NoteCalendar April 26-27 3rd Annual Airborne Strike Conference, The Hatton, London. Contact SMi Conferences Ltd., phone +44 2078 276 192 or visit www.smiconferences.co.uk. 26-29 55th Annual Avionics Maintenance Conference, Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Canada.…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: U.S. Following Europe's Lead? Has Europe overtaken the United States in air traffic management (ATM) modernization? If it hasn't, many believe it soon will. At recent aviation-related events in the Washington, D.C., area, considerable consternation was…