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December 21, 2007
EC Firms Up Plans to Include Aircraft in Emissions Trading Scheme
The European Commission (EC) welcomed the agreement reached by the European Union (EU) Environment Council on Dec. 20 about including aviation ... more
December 17, 2007
International Groups Work Toward Global ADS-B Harmonization
The ADS-B Programme Managers of Airservices Australia, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Nav Canada and Eurocontrol held their ... more
December 16, 2007
ASTM Int'l Radiological Hazards Subcommittee to Develop Proposed Inspection Standard - ASTM WK15823
Health care workers who inspect radiation protection garments will be the primary users of a proposed ASTM International standard, ASTM WK15823 ... more
December 16, 2007
ASIS Int'l Solicits Comments for Threat Advisory System Response Guideline
The ASIS Commission on Standards and Guidelines is soliciting comments on suggested revisions to the Threat Advisory System Response (TASR) Guideline. ... more
December 16, 2007
DoD Introduces Manufacturing Tech Program
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) introduced a Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program for 2008. ... more
December 11, 2007
ANSI: Standards Aid in Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Astronomers in California activated the Allen Telescope Array, which will allow scientists to hear deeper into space than ever before - great ... more
December 6, 2007
EC Proposes Legislation to Simplify European Defence Industry
On Dec. 5, the European Commission (EC) proposed a new directive on intra-EU transfers of defence products that aims to significantly simplify ... more
December 6, 2007
EC Proposes Legislation to Enhance Openness of European Defence Market
On Dec. 5, the European Commission (EC) proposed a new directive on defence procurement that will be applicable to arms, munitions and war material, ... more
December 6, 2007
EC Proposes New Competitive Measures for Defence Market
The European Commission (EC) proposed a package of initiatives to improve and unify a fragmented European defence market. ... more
December 5, 2007
ISO Publishes Benchmark for Incident Preparedness, Operational Continuity Management - ISO PAS 22399
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a document that will address incident preparedness and continuity management ... more
December 4, 2007
SIA Releases Revised Security System Control Panel Standard - ANSI/SIA CP-01-2007
The Security Industry Association (SIA) released a revision of American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/SIA CP-01-2007 - Control Panel Standard ... more
December 4, 2007
SIA Releases IP Event Reporting Standard - ANSI/SIA DC-09-2007
The Security Industry Association (SIA) released American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/SIA DC-09-2007 - SIA Digital Communication Standard ... more
December 4, 2007
Eurocontrol Council Plans Performance-Based Aviation System
The 38 Eurocontrol Member States agreed during a November meeting to create a performance-based air traffic management system for Europe, adopting ... more
December 4, 2007
SMC Awards Contract for Next Generation GPS Control Segment
The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) Global Positioning Systems Wing awarded next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) III Operational ... more
December 3, 2007
Eurocontrol Publishes Contingency Planning for Air Navigation Services Guidelines
Eurocontrol released guidelines to help states and air navigation service providers (ANSPs) identify and decide their contingency strategies ... more
December 3, 2007
FAA Rule Targets Aircraft Wiring Safety
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finalized a rule designed to mitigate conditions that put airliners at risk for wire failures, ... more
November 28, 2007
SAE Int'l Aerospace Standard Addresses Detecting Ice on Aircraft Wings - SAE AS5681
Ice on the wings can spell disaster for an aircraft - no matter how thin that ice layer may be. ... more
November 24, 2007
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Rocket Engine Design Using Oxygen, Methane Propellants
Northrop Grumman Corp. hot-fire tested a new type of rocket engine, which is designed to use oxygen and methane propellants that range from all-gas ... more
November 24, 2007
Forecast Int'l: $8.36B to be Spent on Land, Sea-Based EO Systems
An estimated $8.36 billion will be spent on the development and production of key land- and sea-based electro-optical (EO) systems over the next ... more
November 24, 2007
U.S. Army Begins Warfighter FOCUS Contract
Performance will begin on the U.S. Army Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) contract. ... more
November 23, 2007
Forecast Int'l: New Tech Drives $50B Radar Industry
Forecast International issued a study projecting that the worldwide radar market will be worth $50 billion over the next 10 years. ... more
November 23, 2007
ASTM Int'l Introduces Perimeter Barriers Testing Standard - ASTM F 2656
ASTM International Committee F12 on Security Systems and Equipment approved ASTM F 2656 - Test Method for Vehicle Crash Testing of Perimeter ... more
November 23, 2007
GAO: DOE Made Little Progress Consolidating Disposal of Special Nuclear Material
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Material Disposition and Consolidation Coordination Committee made little progress in consolidating ... more
November 19, 2007
Aptima Lands Unmanned Vehicle Contracts with U.S. Army, Navy
Aptima Inc. was awarded three contracts for developing technologies to improve the control and functions of unmanned air, land and sea vehicles ... more
November 15, 2007
DHS Publishes Chemicals of Interest List for Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released Appendix A of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS). ... more
November 13, 2007
Eurocontrol ADS-B Trials Attract Six Additional Operators
Eurocontrol announced Air France, Air Mediterranee, Air One, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines and Volkswagen joined the automatic dependent ... more
November 13, 2007
ECSS Publishes Space Engineering Standard - ECSS-E-70-31A
The European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) published the ECSS-E-70-31A - Space Engineering Standard - Ground Systems and Operations ... more
November 13, 2007
EASA: EU, India Aim to Improve Aviation Safety
India Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel visited the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) in Cologne, Germany, to discuss areas of cooperation ... more
November 13, 2007
RTCA Issues Three Aircraft-Related Documents
RTCA Inc. issued RTCA DO-307 - Aircraft Design and Certification for Portable Electronic Device (PED) Tolerance. The document recommends aircraft ... more
November 9, 2007
Software Defined Radio Forum to Launch SIG for Int'l Tactical Radio Market
The Software Defined Radio (SDR) Forum is establishing a special interest group (SIG) that will focus on activities designed to benefit the worldwide ... more
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