Summer 2005

FAA Special report: Nightmare on Capitol Hill
The US Federal Aviation Authority is at a critical moment in its history. But although the will to change is there, Congress looks set to stop a radical overhaul. Mike Halls reports

 

FAA special report: The voice of reason?
Bob Poole, joint-author of the latest report on the FAA from the Reason public policy institute called Resolving the Crisis in Air Traffic Control Funding discusses some of his thinking.

 

FAA special report: Is privatization the answer?

 

FAA special report: Natca study criticizes US government funding for FAA

 

News round up

 

IAA profits rise

 

Two deals boost Lockheed Martin results

 

Nats awards MDS to Sensis

 

Airservices Australia ADS-B ground stations ok

 

Austrian Airlines calls for new control in Vienna

 

Nats attacks UK CAA

 

Swedens Eurocat 2000E launch

 

Nasa calls for revolutionary proposals

 

USGS creates early warning volcano system

 

FAA awards Raytheon further contract option

 

Drake gets Chile voice comm system contracts

 

US air traffic planning: time to bite the bullet

 

People moves

 

Conference Reports - Canson, IOAC: meetings of the great and the good
Back-to-back conferences may not be everyone's idea of a good time. But Mike Halls reckons that Canso's annual gathering in Shannon on May 15,16 and the Irish Aviation Authority's IOAC meetings on May 17,18 were well worth the craic.

 

Going beyond the message
Copperchase has built an excellent reputation for ATC messaging systems. Having recently expanded the Services, Systems and Solutions on offer to the ATC industry, Copperchase now offer a varied range of NEW ATC Data and Engineering Services.

 

Canson, IOAC: meetings of the great and the good
Back-to-back conferences may not be everyone's idea of a good time. But Mike Halls reckons that Canso's annual gathering in Shannon on May 15,16 and the Irish Aviation Authority's IOAC meetings on May 17,18 were well worth the craic.

 

The place to be
Biggest doesn't necessarily mean best, but this year's annual meet at Maastricht must have been one of the most successful ever. Air Traffic Management was there.

 

A marriage of convenience
The increase in civil aviation has congested frequencies used by the military's Identification Friend or Foe system and civil Secondary Surveillance Radar. Andy Greenwood of Stasys reports on measures to alleviate the problem.

 

Micro-management for macro-effect
Sid Koslow, vice president and chief technology officer at Nav Canada reports how the air navigation services provider manages the development of air traffic management technologies.

 

Open SESAME!
Johan Orsingher, global manager for commercial aerospace at Frost & Sullivan interviewed Soeren Fischer, vice president for strategy and communications at EADS for his perspectives on managing the European Union's ambitious SESAME project.

 

Irwin Nathanson, sales director for Drake VCS Systems