Japanese firms might contribute components to the U.S. Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense platform, an executive with The Boeing Co. [BA] said. But there have as yet been no government-to-government discussions of any potential Japanese purchase of one or more of the giant missile ...
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It was a time of worry and wonder, tension and transformation, fear and fulfillment. That was the 1950s and 1960s, living in the United States not only under the threat of nuclear annihilation at the hands of the Soviet Union, but also the fear that the Soviets -- in launching the first satellite, ...
By Michael Sirak and Dave Ahearn The Air Force continues to grapple with how to protect its on-orbit space assets in the wake of China's successful test of an anti-satellite weapon in January, according to senior service officials. "First [we have to] make sure we have the situational ...
Nick Sabatini, the Federal Aviation Administration's associate administrator for aviation safety, says "addressing the human element may well be one of the last frontiers in aviation safety." Speaking at the 19th FAA/ATA International Symposium on Human Factors in Maintenance and Ramp ...
Keeping An Ear Out For Trouble The grandiose but poorly conceived plan of a four-man terrorist cell to blow up the fuel pipelines running into JFK Airport was recently nipped in the bud, with security consequences still rippling across airports everywhere. The plotters included an ex-JFK ...
Who's Got What Aboard Your Plane? Like it or not, the quickest way to catch a deadly disease or infection is to be admitted to hospital. That's a statistical fact. But it's now looking like the next best way to become seriously ill is to travel regularly by air. It used to be the second-hand smoke ...
A research project in California's Sierra Nevada mountains is attempting a major leap forward in unraveling the mysteries surrounding one the biggest atmospheric hazards in modern aviation -- a wind phenomenon known as a "mountain rotor." Both rotors and a related phenomenon, mountain ...
When President Ronald Reagan said, "Trust but verify," it was uttered in the context of strategic nuclear arms control. But it also can be applied to aviation. Herewith, two examples: Example 1: Safety Defenses Breached in Landing Attempt "The inadvertent slip by the approach ...
The Deadly Tail-Strike Strikes Again Above and beyond the aging of airframes and normal wear and tear on structural components, there are valid concerns with accumulated and hidden misrepaired damage. The absolute importance of structural integrity in the pressure vessel has been graphically ...
The root cause of more than half of aviation accidents can be traced to design deficiencies, according to a new study by the Eurocontrol Experimental Center in France. The study contradicts the widespread belief that pilot error is the predominant cause of aviation accidents and nearly triples a ...