Issue 4 2008
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NEWS
5 R aytheon wins FAA controller training
7 I n memoriam: Don Ingham
12 CSC completes second FMS for FAA
18 Datalink to go Europewide by 2015
20 European flight efficiency plan agreed
24 Aspire: new ATM fuel saving project
FEATURES
4 Where to next?
Consolidation of the world’s airspace blocks will in the end be
driven by commercial necessities such as customer service — part
of the core function of an ANSP, argues Ashley Smout.
26 Build ITT tough
Initial operating trials reflect favourably on how well the NextGen
surveillance system will perform. An interim report looking at what
project manager ITT has been doing.
30 First FAB in the new Single European Sky
In July the ANSPs of Ireland and the UK agreed the first functional
airspace block in Europe under the Single European Sky
legislation. An insiders’ view of how it works.
34 Why buy SSR any longer?
The world of surveillance is changing rapidly . But one thing seems
sure and that is secondary surveillance radar — the miracle
ingredient ‘X’ to ATM in the 1 960s — will soon be confined to the
dustbin of history.
38 NextGen no solution to congestion
Finding a solution to the ever-pressing issue of air traffic
congestion within the US could be found. The trouble is: it
requires the political will to engineer it. And if the FAA isn’t up to
this one task, what hope for NextGen?
regulars
1 Editorial
6 People
12 News
20 ANSP news
25 Technology news
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