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Perspectives: RNP: Foundation for ATM Efficiency

In July 2002, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced its commitment to implementing required navigation performance (RNP) airspace and procedures throughout the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). It is an important step…

ATM Modernization

Product Focus: Countdown to DRVSM

Jan. 20, 2005, is the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) implementation deadline for the application of domestic reduced vertical separation minimums (DRVSM) in the upper airspace over the 48 contiguous states, Alaska and…

ATM Modernization

People

Korry Electronics Co.: Houston, President Frank Houston has been named president of Seattle-based Korry Electronics, succeeding Alan Cornell, who is now head of European operations for Korry’s parent company, Esterline Technologies. Houston…

ATM Modernization

Perspectives: Accelerating Free Flight

Imagine never again experiencing a flight delay. Imagine flying from point A to point B via the most direct route possible. Impossible? Not really. We all know that the technology to enable…

Business & GA

Product Focus: Inmarsat Swift64 Expands

Inmarsat’s 11-month-old Swift64 high-speed data service, based on the Inmarsat-3 constellation, has carved out a niche in government and corporate aviation. As of December, more than 100 terminals apparently had been sold,…

Business & GA

Chips That Think: RF Design

In the 1980s radio frequency (RF) engineers developed microwave and millimeter-wave integrated circuits that revolutionized the reliability and controllability of RF systems, while significantly reducing their size and cost. But now a…

ATM Modernization

Safety: Safety vs. Entertainment

There is a saying in the nation’s capital that "money is policy." Which is to say, ignore all the declaratory political rhetoric and look to the hard numbers in the government budget.…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

New Washington Area TRACON A new terminal radar approach control (TRACON) facility that consolidates five TRACONs in the Washington-Baltimore area began operation in late 2002. The Potomac Consolidated TRACON in Warrenton, Va.,…