Content Archive: May 2010

Ask any politician or media person what NextGen is and what it will do, and the chances are that the answers will include three common themes.

sMS (safety management systems) and FOQA (flight operations quality assurance) are no longer just buzzwords, said Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) president

Several of the most influential corporate aviation organizations offer specific tools to assist in implementation of SMS programs, according to John Sheeha

SMS is not just for airlines and corporate aviation, as John David, Nav Canada v-p for safety and quality, explained.

The economic downturn has not dented the aerospace and defense industry’s eagerness to gather for the Farnborough International airshow.

Esterline CMC Electronics has added real-time graphical weather linked through the Iridium satellite network to its 8.4-inch PilotView CMA-1100 Mk II and 1

Arinc has become a distribution partner (DP) for Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband satellite communication services, allowing it to buy and resell airtime directly

Thrane & Thrane has taken the wraps off what it claims is the smallest, lightest satcom equipment available for linking through Inmarsat broadband serv

Thales is leading a research project toward what might be the ultimate in avionics displays–a single-display flight deck.

Pilots now have many choices for viewing approach plates, arrival and departure charts and airport diagrams in the cockpit, from traditional paper to elect