It is always with pride and great pleasure that we bring news of the successes and achievements of our contributors and experts featured in our articles. This time it is Christophe’s turn. We introduced him recently in the “Interesting People, Unusual Flight Plans” series and now we can bring you the happy news that Christophe… Continue reading Christophe Hamel in new job with the FAA – Congratulations!
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9th USA/Europe ATM R&D Seminar – Call for papers
The Ninth USA/Europe Seminar on Air Traffic Management Research & Development welcomes papers that produce new concepts, analyses, and methodology. The seminar will take place on 13 June – 16 June, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. With the past history of successful seminars, we hope to create and reinforce working and personal relationships between leading experts… Continue reading 9th USA/Europe ATM R&D Seminar – Call for papers
Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Dummies – IBM eBook 2nd Limited Edition (free download)
If you are following SESAR or NextGen for that matter, you will have come accross the abbreviation SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). A lot of discussion is being generated on the subject in the air traffic management world, not least because SOA has never really been applied in ATM before. If the experts have a problem figuring… Continue reading Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for Dummies – IBM eBook 2nd Limited Edition (free download)
EUROCONTROL Experimental Center INO Workshop – Call for Papers
The 9th Innovative Research Workshop and Exhibition will be held at the EUROCONTROL Experimental Centre at Brétigny-sur-Orge, France on 7 – 9 December 2010. Submission of papers for this event is now open. With some 200 participants the INO Workshop has become an important event in the ATM calendar, providing researchers an open and stimulating… Continue reading EUROCONTROL Experimental Center INO Workshop – Call for Papers
User Requirements for Air Traffic Services – IATA booklet
Publisher: IATA IATA has put together a very useful booklet offering a better understanding of international airlines’ requirements and capabilities for communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management. Gunther Matschnigg, IATA Senior Vice President, Safety, Operations and Infrastructure, has this to say in his introduction to the booklet: “There are times when airlines are taken… Continue reading User Requirements for Air Traffic Services – IATA booklet
Who owns the radar blip?
I am sure many of you had read about the proposed slot swap between Delta Airlines and US Airways, giving the former substantially more presence at La Guardia while the latter would gain strength at Reagan National in Washington D.C. When the airlines applied for approval, the FAA set conditions that would have nixed most… Continue reading Who owns the radar blip?
Volcano kicks European ATM cooperation into high gear
In the past, programs to improve European air traffic management went under the name EATCHIP (1 to many) and the results were meager at best. More recently we got the Single European Sky (SES 1 and now 2) and of course SESAR. Introduction of SES was a major problem even for the European Commission powerhouse… Continue reading Volcano kicks European ATM cooperation into high gear
SESAR’s progress – real achievements, real issues
Exclusive interview with Michael Standar, Chief Operational Concepts and Validation, SESAR Joint Undertaking. Since the inception of the current phase of the SESAR program, we have come to expect regular updates published by the SESAR Joint Undertaking telling the ATM community how things were going. SESAR has introduced a refreshingly innovative way of communicating with… Continue reading SESAR’s progress – real achievements, real issues
Will public funds be available to help SESAR along?
If nothing else, the recent wholesale grounding of aviation in Europe will have been an eye opener even to the most recalcitrant and aircraft hating citizens and politicians of the old continent. Some people still tend to regard aviation as a toy of the rich and transport for holidaymakers which damages the environment and should… Continue reading Will public funds be available to help SESAR along?
EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon – A single point of access to validated ATM terminology
The EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon offers the whole aeronautical community single access to a terminology tool containing ATM-related terms and their validated definitions. Based on a semantic MediaWiki platform, it also provides an environment where experts can make their own contributions and discuss new concepts and definitions. “One sky – one term“ is what EUROCONTROL is… Continue reading EUROCONTROL ATM Lexicon – A single point of access to validated ATM terminology