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- Boeing 787 at risk of in-flight hacking
- The network architecture aboard Boeing's new 787 leaves the aircraft susceptible to infiltration by passengers during a flight. As reported by Wired: The computer network in the Dreamliner's passenger compartment, designed to give passengers in-flight internet access, is connected to the plane's control, ...
- Tags: FAA, Hacking, Network, Boeing Co., Flight System, Networking, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-01-05
- Leading the Way in the Development of a Cost-Effective, High-Performance Jet
- Aviation Technology Group wanted to create a civilian aircraft that performs like a military fighter. Keep the cost of the plane as low as possible and obtain FAA certification. One of the main challenges facing ATG has been coordinating development efforts with its global supplier base. ATG chose the Teamcenter...
- Tags: FAA, ATG, Lifecycle Management, Siemens AG, High-performance, Teamcenter Software, Channel Management, Product Marketing, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- ITT wins bid to build next-gen air-traffic control system
- The Federal Aviation Administration may finally be on its way to a modern air-traffic control system with the award to ITT of a $1.8 billion contract, The Washington Post reported Friday. The proposal, which the FAA picked over competing bids from Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, is...
- Tags: FAA, Lockheed Martin Corp., News, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-04
- The plane facts: protestors v. pilots
- There's a new air war being fought in Britain. This time it's not prop fighters and German bombers. It's commercial airplane pilots versus global warming protestors. The pilots claim their planes are not major sources of greenhouse gases, and are actually a more eco-friendly way to move...
- Tags: FAA, Jet, Greenhouse Gas, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-08-19
- United Airlines suffers computer glitch
- United Airlines said Wednesday that it experienced a computer outage across its entire systems.The outage occurred between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. ET. United said on its site that "we apologize for the inconvenience and ask for our customers' patience as we work hard to resume operations."United didn't disclose what...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-06-20
- NIST bans Vista in major blow to Microsoft
- The National Institute of Standards and Technology isnt just another federal agency - it sets the standards for federal computing. And NIST doesnt like Vista. In fact it has banned it from its internal networks, according to document obtained by InformationWeek. IW obtained a copy of the formal...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., NIST, Microsoft Windows Vista, FAA
- Blog posts 2007-03-13
- faa to Create Safety Training Tools 75 Percent Faster With New Collaboration Tools
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for moving air traffic safely and efficiently in the United States. When an incident occurs on a runway, the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) division of the FAA re-creates the event in digital animation format. Each animation can take up to 12 weeks to...
- Tags: FAA, Collaboration, Animation, Microsoft Corp., Training, Collaboration Tool, Tool
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Next-Generation Digital Mockup and Validation Capabilities Compress Development and Permit an Unprecedented Level of Design Optimization
- Eclipse Aviation wanted to deliver a completely new - industry-changing - aircraft and Control costs so company is profitable with jet price of $1.3 million to meet FAA requirements. Manage all aircraft information from a single repository. The company deployed Siemens compress design cycle by optimizing aircraft and factory in...
- Tags: FAA, Optimization, Siemens AG, Aircraft, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2006-04-01
- The faa Improves Response Time and Regulatory Processes
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for ensuring the safety of US air travelers. The FAA controls approximately 200,000 takeoffs and landings per day and moves nearly 700 million commercial air passengers per year. Its responsibilities including incident response, civil air regulations, safety research, and the air traffic control...
- Tags: FAA, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace & Defense, Regulations, Strategy, Manufacturing, Government, Management
- Case studies 2005-12-19
- Are old computers more secure?
- The FAA has responded to a Government Accounting Office report that the agency hasn't finished implementing security systems and is vulnerable to attack, by saying that the age of the systems would make it very difficult for hackers to break in. The FAA contends that hackers wouldn't...
- Tags: hacker, FAA
- Blog posts 2005-09-30
- A case for government CTOs
- A recent report by the NGA (National Governor's Association) Center for Best Practices reiterated the need for Governors to have strong, effective CIOs to manage their IT infrastructure. You might think this is a foregone conclusion, but some states still wonder, and each new wave of Governors struggles with...
- Tags: NOTAMS, information technology, FAA
- Blog posts 2005-08-08
- A case for government CTOs
- A recent report by the NGA (National Governor's Association) Center for Best Practices reiterated the need for Governors to have strong, effective CIOs to manage their IT infrastructure. You might think this is a foregone conclusion, but some states still wonder, and each new wave of Governors struggles with...
- Tags: FAA, information technology, NOTAMS
- Blog posts 2005-07-15
- Evaluations of Host-Based Intrusion Prevention Systems (HIPS): Sana's Primary Response and Cisco's Cisco Security Agent
- As part of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA's) "Intrusion Quarantine" project, the MITRE Corporation's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) conducted an evaluation of two products, Sana's Primary Response and Cisco's Cisco Security Agent (CSA). These two products were selected as examples of Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) technology...
- Tags: FAA, Intrusion Prevention System, Agent, Mitre Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Intrusion Prevention, Real Estate, Security, Business Operations
- White papers 2005-06-20
- Federal Aviation Administration: Stronger Architecture Program Needed to Guide Systems Modernization Efforts
- FAA has taken steps to develop an enterprise architecture through two architecture projects that are intended to cover its two core business areas - NAS operations and non-NAS administrative and mission-support operations. However, it has yet to establish most of the key management structures, processes, and controls that are necessary...
- Tags: FAA, General Accounting Office, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Management
- White papers 2005-04-29
- Cleared for Takeoff? and Beyond: Airline Security Is Heightened With Symbol Technologies' Mobile Computing Solutions
- It's a new world for travelers - and their baggage. The FAA has issued a mandate requiring airlines to positively match airline passengers and their luggage prior to takeoff. Symbol Technologies has developed an innovative solution to address this need for heightened airline security that utilizes its rugged mobile computing...
- Tags: FAA, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Symbol Technologies Inc., Handhelds, Wireless, Security, Hardware
- Case studies
- performancesoft Case Study: U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC
- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provides a safe, secure, and efficient global aerospace system that contributes to national security and the promotion of U.S. aerospace safety. The FAA has in place a Strategic Plan (named the FAA's Flight Plan) with understandable, measurable, and achievable goals. The FAA implemented pbviews,...
- Tags: FAA, Performancesoft, Aerospace, Pbview, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing
- Case studies
- A Hurricane-Response Unit Uses MindManager to Quickly Get Damaged Commercial Airports Up and Running
- The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) National Field Incident Response consists of a rapid-response team that assembles during hurricane season to assess and repair damage to the airports and air-traffic management systems that the FAA oversees and maintains. The challenge was to keep track of a mountain of information about hurricane...
- Tags: FAA, Hurricane, Team Management, Management
- Case studies
- Federal Agency Accelerates Aviation Rulemaking With Global Knowledge Management Network
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Aircraft Evaluation Groups (AEG) establishes operational safety criteria for new and modified aircraft and manages aircraft suitability safety processes. In preparation for ISO certification, the AEG needed to accelerate airworthiness reviews and streamline external industry collaboration on aircraft maintenance and certification. The FAA deployed Knowledge...
- Tags: FAA, Global Knowledge Network Inc., Network, Agency, Knowledge, Aircraft, Federal Aviation Administration Aircraft Evaluation Groups, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management
- Case studies
- The faa Improves Incident Response Time and Regulatory Processes
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for ensuring the safety of US air travelers. Its responsibilities including incident response, civil air regulations, safety research, and the air traffic control system. The FAA needed new processes and technologies for improving event response, reducing time and cost to create new regulations,...
- Tags: FAA, Incident Response, Air Traffic Control, Microsoft Corp., Aerospace & Defense, Regulations, Strategy, Manufacturing, Government, Management
- Case studies
- faa Maps the Skies With Oracle
- Aviation System Standards, a department within the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), produces more than 10 million individual national airspace charting products per year for use by military, commercial and private aviators. The FAA chose Oracle products to support automating the instrument procedure development and distribution process to produce superior...
- Tags: FAA, Oracle Corp., Application Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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