Jul/Aug 2000
FAA Gets Research Simulator Upgrade
The research capabilities of the air traffic control tower simulator at the William J. Hughes Technical Center at the Atlantic City International Airport is being greatly enhanced with a US$1 million hardware and software upgrade by Adacel Technologies in their first contract with the FAA.
Litton Denro supplies voice communications to Turkish AF bases
Thomson/Raytheon in joint venture
September/October coming next week!
Mongolian CAA extends radio facilities
Swisscontrol's op training platform for CATARAS system on-line
NATS wins Highland Airports contract
Eurocontrol workshop at Bretigny
BAE, Boeing pull out of NATS privatisation bid
CPDLC under scrutiny
The next step in data link, CPDLC, was examined in the bright light of the Roman sun as Italy played host to Air Traffic Management’s CPDLC Symposium.
LAAS but not least
Unexpected federal funding has given the FAA’s Local Area Augmentation System Government/Industry Partnership a boost. Carroll McCormick talks to some of the players.
Buying into a privatised FAA
Preparation of new legislation and another model for a commercialised Federal Aviation Administration is sure to enliven discussion on the privatisation issue. Carroll McCormick investigates.
Eye in the sky
The NTSB has entered into debate with pilot unions by calling for video cameras in the cockpits of all commercial aeroplanes and EuroCAE is not far behind, Neil McAlister reports.
Under Surveillance
A light hearted look at air traffic management
Business in China
Foreign entrants may be trying to access China’s modernising aerospace market, but most will have to content themselves with minority stakes in joint ventures, Neil McAlister reports.
Controllers on the move
The globalisation of air traffic control is already occurring, as more controllers move to other countries to take up posts. Patrick Schelling reports on the European situation.
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