The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) have announced the activation of new NextGen technology that will help pilots address inclement weather around Montrose Regional Airport in western Colorado. The technology, known as Wide Area Multilateration (WAM), improves safety and efficiency by allowing air traffic controllers to track aircraft… Continue reading New NextGen Technology Improves Safety and Efficiency in Western Colorado
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Free flight…or…Flight of Fancy?
If you utter the words ”free flight” these days, a number of interesting reactions are likely. These can range from blank stares via violent reactions to sad headshaking. On one occasion somebody actually asked me.…”But you still have to pay airport taxes…?” But jokes apart, there are plenty of experts who will remember how much… Continue reading Free flight…or…Flight of Fancy?
Enhanced Surveillance of Aircraft and Vehicles – 2011 (ESAV '11)
Island of Capri, Italy 12-14 September 2011 Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems and airport systems are rapidly evolving to meet increased efficiency, safety, security, environmental and business demands. A deep evolution with radical changes of the current Air Traffic Management System is going on both in Europe, with the SESAR program, and in the USA… Continue reading Enhanced Surveillance of Aircraft and Vehicles – 2011 (ESAV '11)
Enhanced Surveillance of Aircraft and Vehicles (ESAV'11) – September 12-14, 2011
Following the successful Symposia ESAVS 2007 in Bonn/Germany, ESAV’08 in Capri/Italy and ESAVS 2010 in Berlin/Germany, ESAV’11 is dedicated to ing up-to-date information to researchers, operational experts and decision makers in the world of sensors and systems development, tracking, sensor data fusion, avionics and airport operations as well as of the pertaining air traffic control… Continue reading Enhanced Surveillance of Aircraft and Vehicles (ESAV'11) – September 12-14, 2011
Tasmania Airspace Now Controlled With High Accuracy Sensis WAM
First Multilateration System in Australia to Separate Aircraft in both En Route and Terminal Airspace Sensis Corporation’s Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system over Tasmania, Australia has passed its safety case by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) and is now operational. The system uses both multilateration and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) to provide… Continue reading Tasmania Airspace Now Controlled With High Accuracy Sensis WAM
ADS-B and MLAT – No technology war
There will still be people who remember what a VHS cassette looked like and a few who remember the epic technology war between Betamax, System2000 and VHS. More recently, the Blu-Ray disc won in a similar battle in the consumer electronics field only to face quick extinction as the world moves towards on-line entertainment distribution.… Continue reading ADS-B and MLAT – No technology war