Winter 2006
The Eurocontrol perspective
Eurocontrol is the key player in monitoring the move to create functional airspace blocks (FABs) in parallel with the technical rationalization of European air traffic management envisaged by SESAR and legislative plans set out by the European Commission. Air Traffic Management spoke to Víctor Aguado, director general of Eurocontrol.
France's DSNA orders ADS-B ground stations
Rockwell Collins launches precision approach capable GPS
Peters gets top US job in transportation
New Eurocontrol course to focus on environment
Union protests against Raytheon redundancies
FAA relocates regional heads Murphy, Roberts
Official: Swiss say ATC is a real job
COOPANS — a new way to find profitability from cooperation
In April Denmark, Ireland and Sweden's air navigation service providers signed a joint purchasing agreement to upgrade their ATM systems with Thales. Peter Nolan explains why this is an important move forward.
European ADS-B deployment draws ever closer
These are stirring times for ADS-B in Europe. As Christos Rekkas explains the first standards are now being published — the path to certification is now open and full-scale deployment gets ever nearer.
ADS-B surveillance heads north into polar wastes
NavCanada has taken the first step in deploying ADS-B with an initial implementation around the Hudson Bay. But this is only the first phase, longer term the entire country will be covered.
Forming a next generation ATC business model
Worldwide ADS-B coverage is set to advance apace. But how should one fund this development? Perhaps, as SITA's Akhil Sharma writes, outsourcing the service can be an answer to rich and poor countries alike.
Far too many backseat drivers
SESAR — the future pan-European ATM programme — appears unlikely to deliver everything it has been tasked with. But given the fragmentation in European ATM, Emma Lindsay says even the worst of political excesses will almost certainly catalyse some significant reforms.
Rockwell Collins launches precision approach capable GPS
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