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Looks into the growing obsolescence of air-traffic system of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Planned overhaul of the system; Questions raised by the FAA's difficulties; Terminal radar-approach control facilities (TRACON); Use of radio beacons; Effect of technological advances; Development of software that does not rely on the Advanced Automatic System (AAS) hardware; Dual goals of efficiency and safety. INSET: Major FAA capital projects..

The article discusses the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) Destination 2025 vision for the nation's aviation system, including information on air traffic control measures, cost containment in the airlines industry, and unmanned flights. Aviation system safety and commercial air carrier fatal accidents are addressed, along with the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). Various FAA-related performance metrics are also examined.

Presents an insight into issues related to air traffic in the United States. Proclamation that the strike by air traffic controllers is over; Dismissal notices have been sent to some 12,000 members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO); Opinion that PATCO are public employees who by explicit oath renounced the right to strike when they signed up with the Federal Aviation Administration; Reference to the grievances of the air traffic controllers.

Reports on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) adoption of a policy allowing airplanes cruising at high altitudes on long flights to break out of the interstate airways to which jets are normally restricted and to fly whatever path their pilots desire toward their destination. Computer software acting as air traffic managers in the prevention of air collisions.

Focuses on the plan of the United States Federal Aviation Administration to modernize the National Airspace System. Criticisms concerning the plan; Timetable for the plan; Aim of the Operational Evolution Plan to reduce delays and increase capacity in air traffic.

Focuses on the proposal to use Memphis International Airport a facility to demonstrate the integration of traffic control advances in the United States. Problems of system leader testing approach; Need to get the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration to go on with testings; Emphasis of the Memphis program on surface operations.

Reports on the status of operations at the US Federal Aviation Administration's Oakland Center in February 1998 as it draws closer to establishing the Future Air Navigation System plan. The significant progress made in implementing the Oceanic Automation Program; The various equipment, funding, training, and political delays that have plagued the center.

The article discusses the challenges confronting the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations into the National Airspace System (NAS) of the U.S. Topics include the lack of collision avoidance mechanisms of UAS and the potential for UAS operators to loss control of the aircraft. The systems on how UAS are operated based on the guidelines of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is also explored.

The article presents information related to aircraft defense identification zones (ADIZ), whose purpose is to safeguard the national security in the U.S. It is noted that an ADIZ more than 300 miles from Chinese territory into the East China Sea (ECS) has been established by China recently which has been rejected by the U.S., claiming its inconsistency with international norms. Requirements to establish ADIZ, outlined by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are explained.

The article reports on the implementation by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) to transform the air traffic control system in the U.S. by 2025. It explains that the transformation of air traffic control system will be done through transitions from ground-based technologies to the use of satellite-based systems. It mentions that transformation is expected to cost as much as $42 billion.

This section offers news briefs concerning aeronautics. An airworthiness directive has been adopted by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FA) that requires operators of Airbus A330- and A340-series aircraft to replace certain Thales pilot probes with Goodrich or new-design Thales probes. Eclispe Aviation has restarted operations at its headquarters and assembly site in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The fourth phase of the air traffic management modernization program of Mexico has been completed by Thales.

This article states that as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) embarks on a 20-year program to modernize the nation's air traffic control (ATC) system, New York metropolitan area airports are already up against the wall with record delays and need immediate relief. Key stakeholders pushing projects that could avert gridlock are the airlines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. And they are trawling for new ideas as well. What is happening in New York is a litmus test for how other large metropolitan regions across the world.

The article focuses on the development of a data link technology in the U.S. and Europe. It cites the development of a controller-pilot data link communications network in Europe. It mentions the plan by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to develop a similar system with the same technology. It also explores the benefits of data link to air traffic control systems in both countries.

The article reports that coupling air traffic management (ATM) research more closely to problems that must be solved soon is now a high priority for the U.S. and Europe as they try to avoid gridlock. But the current capacity crunch is propelling the Europeans to forge ahead more quickly. About 200 million euros a year is being spent on research and development in Europe, which could rise to 300 million euros or more in 2007 when an air traffic management master plan is completed. Bo Redeborn, director of air traffic management strategies for Eurocontrol and Steven Bradford, chief scientist for architecture and national airspace system development in the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Organization, outlined their groups' research priorities at a U.S.-European ATM meeting here last month.

This article reports that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects to decide the fate of the Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) in 2006 or later, but Boeing Co., the airlines and other suppliers want the system out of its research and development holding pattern sooner rather than later. Air traffic control specialists in government and industry agree that the FAA is facing some tough budget choices. Boeing officials say the airlines need LAAS to replace instrument landing systems for auto-landings with low ceilings and visibility.

The added monitoring of Global Positioning System (GPS) signals will give pilots access to lower approach minimums. Corporate and general aviation aircraft will be the first to take advantage of new avionics with GPS guidance on near-precision approaches. Chelton Flight Systems of Boise, Idaho, and Salem, Oregon-based UPS Aviation Technologies decided to work well ahead of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration activation of the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), which occurred earlier this month, rather than wait for the system to be turned on before certifying WAAS-compatible avionics.

An article discussing the collision of two passenger aircraft above the Grand Canyon in Arizona in 1956 is presented. The author examines the lack of air traffic control before the crash which involved TWA Flight 2, a Lockheed Super Constellation aircraft, and United Airlines Flight 718, a Douglas DC-7 aircraft. The recovery of the wreckage and victims following the crash and the establishment of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is also included.

The article reports on the investigation of options for alleviating airways congestion by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) while planning for even more growth in the air transport system. One possible option that the FAA is considering is the use of the global positioning system (GPS) to enable pilots to operate within a smaller navigational field, thus increasing the number of concurrent flights possible and saving fuel and costs in the process. The GPS can be further enhanced through the use of required navigation performance (RNP) systems and procedures.

This article offers information on problems and challenges being faced by the U.S. air transportation system, despite of air traffic management initiatives. The industry's growth has surpassed GDP growth. Air travel demand is projected to increase, based on the official data from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The nation is experiencing problems in air spacing requirement. Another concern is the aging air traffic controller workforce.

Reports on the plan of the United States Federal Aviation Administration to improve air travel by introducing technology to air traffic control facilities as of January 2002. Projects that use data of global positioning system satellites; Information on the local-area augmentation system used for airplanes; Purpose of the technologies for travellers. INSET: Is Remote Control Next?, by E.A.B..

Reports that the United States Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing have separately unveiled plans to simplify air traffic management in the National Airspace System (NAS). Utilization of satellite-based technology; Key differences between the two strategies; Problems that limit the capacity of the NAS. INSET: NASA's critical research.

This article reports on a proposed overhaul to the U.S. air traffic control system. More than 44 million airplane flights through 19,500 U.S. airports will take place this year. Yet accidents are few, largely because of the air traffic control system and its alert controllers. The entire system may be overhauled, however, to relieve congested skies. "Free flight" is one of the proposed solutions, whereby pilots could choose a straighter path one day or a longer path another day that is faster because of strong tailwinds. Free flight would require satellite navigation using Global Positioning System (GPS) transponders and displays in planes and throughout the air traffic control system.

Reports on the relief of air traffic congestion through the shifting of routine controller-to-pilot data link transmissions that could handle nearly half of all air traffic control transmissions. Free flight as a concept of the United States Federal Aviation Administration to unclutter the airways; Data links to ease workload of controllers.

Focuses on the phases for modernizing the air traffic control (ATC) system in the United States by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Revisions on the architecture of the National Airspace System; Illustration of the project's progress through the Wide Area Augmentation System; Operational usee to enroute navigation by year 2000.

Reports on the function of the Seattle Center, one of twenty US Federal Aviation Administration Centers in the continental United States, as the main air traffic control center for testing and installing new equipment, software, and automation upgrades. Notable equipment that was first used at the Seattle Center; The high level of pressure on workers at the center.

Reports on concerns regarding the air traffic control system in the United States as of February 1998. How to cope with congestion, mounting delays, and reliability; The US Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) shifts toward acquisitions, contracts, and spending; The need for a a reliable funding stream for the FAA; The economic pressures to get modernization efforts started immediately.

Reports on the pressure being put on the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to modernize the country's air traffic control system. The likelihood that the FAA's funding will not be sufficient to complete modernization without cutting key programs; Examination of key programs and the level of risk associated with their future.

Looks at the continuing upgrade projects in the United States air traffic control system designed to lift the US Federal Aviation Administration from the vacuum tube era. Largest programs in the upgrade plan; Human factors issue of the efforts; Replacement of the main processors at air traffic control centers with the host and oceanic computer system replacement (HOCSR).

The article examines the air-traffic-control system in the United States. According to the article, the air-traffic control's greatest weakness is cultural and organizational. These weaknesses, the author states, lies within the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. The article discusses airline safety, the Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey, and the problem in human relations.