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The aircraft of the future will have an increased need for airborne communications among aircraft and between aircraft and the ground. Communications will include traffic such as on board passenger generated internet traffic, aircraft telemetry and information on air traffic control and weather. The...

Several governmental entities: the Secretary of Transportation; the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Commerce; the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); and industry, aligned their resources to develop the Next Generation Air...

According to the Space Policy Institute (2002, Bib. section), “Space tourism is the term broadly applied to the concept of paying customers traveling beyond Earth's atmosphere.” Operating reusable launch vehicles (RLVs) might be a first step toward achieving mass space tourism. Thus, the aim of...

This relatively short article will set the stage for productive discussions concerning the effective management of risk in large scale dynamic systems, for which future articles will be featured. One of the most important first steps in this regard is the pressing need to understand the operational...

This study presents a simulation approach to evaluate a potential strategy for dispatching aircraft at Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University. The current method of assigning aircraft to students is based on the highest utilization. A new strategy is proposed where the maintenance time is also...

Data communication with aircraft presents unique technical challenges and these challenges are more pronounced when the aircraft are travelling over oceanic or other remote areas. When in populated areas, systems are available that can support high speed data services, one Gigabit per second (Gbps) and...

The principal investigator of the Go-Around Safety Forum and its report was Mr. Blajev Tzvetomir; EUROCONTROL. This report describes the background, purpose and objective of this important forum which was initiated by the Flight Safety Foundation, the European Regions Airline Association, and...

In 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the FAA Revitalization and Reform Act, which among other provisions called for the integration of drones into the U.S. national airspace by September 2015. While the statutory provision was an attempt to meet emerging industry needs which includes the defense sector...

The purpose of this paper is to validate the use of an intelligent neural network model to identify the risk factors contributing to runway incursions. The study utilized multi-dataset fusion and a neural network model to identify risk factors. Historical runway safety data, weather data, and data on...

While today's twin-engine jets are more efficient than yesterday's three- and four-engine jets, they are more vulnerable to total loss of power due to reduced engine redundancy. Total loss of power is a grave emergency situation because it leaves the flight crew with only one chance for...

World War II was the first war where electronics paid a large role in the conduct of the war. Electronic countermeasures were used by the British throughout the air war over Europe during the Second World War. Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) was used by the British as a foil to German navigation...

Flight delays affect passenger travel satisfaction and increase airline costs. The authors explore airline differences with a focus on their delays based on autoregressive integrated moving averages. Aviation daily data were used in the analysis and model development. Time series modelling for six...

The aim of this study is to find out the relationship between the degree of security staff being subjected to passenger mobbing and their job satisfaction. As a result of the analysis of data from 919 security staff working at the checkpoints of Turkey Istanbul Atatürk Airport, a significant but...