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Air-traffic-control glitch hits London area
News A National Air Traffic Services (Nats) spokesperson told ZDNet.co.uk that "there was a failure in one of the systems that feeds the controller workstation in Swanwick air-traffic control at 3.55pm". ZDNet.co.uk blogger Matt Loney wrote on the site...
[September 25, 2008, 18:33]
A Life-Cycle Cost Estimating Methodology for Nasa-Developed Air Traffic Control Decision Support Tools
White Papers This paper describes the development of a Life-Cycle Cost (LCC) estimating methodology for air traffic control Decision Support Tools (DSTs) under development by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), using a combination of...
[May 4, 2006, 10:17]
Report: US air-traffic control systems hacked
News Hackers have broken into the air-traffic control mission-support systems of the US Federal Aviation Administration several times in recent years, according to an Inspector General report sent to the FAA this week.
[May 8, 2009, 8:53]
Gatwick air traffic control failure
Blog Gatwick airport has suffered a brief loss of air traffic control systems this afternoon. I'm currently sat in Jersey airport, where staff announced there was a "failure of UK air traffic control". I suspect they might have been referring to Gatwick...
[September 25, 2008, 17:05]
Gatwick air traffic control failure
Blog Comment Was passenger safety ever an issue with any of these failures?
[September 27, 2008, 21:38]
Service Level Management of the German Air Traffic Control: An Integral Part of the ITIL Process Landscape
White Papers Standard-based approaches to managing the complex IT environment have been rapidly embraced by the IT community. The most popular framework being adopted is the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Originally developed by the British government in the...
[March 15, 2006, 0:01]
Nexima's Air Traffic Control Solution Takes Flight With Dundas Data Visualization
White Papers A reporting module was needed to control and view data in the security and safety system. Nexima develops solutions for reporting, analysis and decision support, with customers from a wide range of businesses and public services.
[June 23, 2007, 1:00]
Microsoft software implicated in air traffic shutdown
Talkback In architecture or Law or virtualy other professions the polution of unquailified people willing to perform jobs for which they simple are NOT qualified is kept under control. Any application software PROPRIETARY or not runs on TOP of the OS, it is...
[September 22, 2004, 21:33]
Microsoft software implicated in air traffic shutdown
Talkback Why in the world would anyone with any sense at all use a windows operating system for air traffic control? Regardless of whether or not a microsoft operating system could be held liable for aircraft falling from the ai, or a third party software...
[September 19, 2004, 5:33]
Microsoft software implicated in air traffic shutdown
Talkback I think that air traffic control certainly falls within that scope. Since you have to reboot the system, that's a flaw in the underlying OS as well as the application. This has been a fundamental problem with Windows for some time, and I include...
[September 22, 2004, 12:53]
Microsoft software implicated in air traffic shutdown
Talkback Let's see: "Microsoft software implicated in air traffic shutdown" - but then the article says this "The newspaper said that a Microsoft-based replacement for an older Unix system needed to be reset every thirty days 'to prevent data overload', as...
[September 22, 2004, 17:50]
Air Traffic computer problems cause delays
News Thousands of air travellers were hit by delays on Wednesday night at a number of UK airports after a computer glitch hit the National Air Traffic Services control centre. This is the latest glitch to strike UK air traffic control.
[February 17, 2005, 15:35]
Upqrade glitch causes airport chaos
News Overnight testing of software management procedures has caused massive disruption to the UK National Air Traffic Control system and led to widespread delays at most of Britain's airports. A spokesman for the UK's National Air Traffic Services, the...
[June 3, 2004, 11:00]
AirTrafficControl
Downloads Air Traffic Control is a tool for finding Apple AirPort base stations or other wireless access points. Instead of running a program to check for available wireless networks just open up your dashboard and check with Air Traffic Control.
[October 27, 2007, 8:00]
Air Traffic Controller
Downloads Mpowered Air Traffic Controller for BlackBerry will make you feel like you are running the control tower of a major airport, giving pilots the instructions required to safely fly their jets through your radar space.Air Traffic Controller is easy...
[October 21, 2007, 8:00]
US official: We are under cyberattack all the time
News In a series of spy attacks, hackers stole information about the Pentagon's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter project and the Air Force's air-traffic control system, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Tuesday.
[April 22, 2009, 9:51]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Global warming, nuclear accidents, GM mishaps, cellphone brainburn, ozone depletion, Russian atomic gangsters, antibiotic-immune superbugs, Y2K, dot.com stock market meltdown, air traffic control overload.
[December 19, 1999, 21:52]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News Global warming, nuclear accidents, GM mishaps, cellphone brainburn, ozone depletion, Russian atomic gangsters, antibiotic-immune superbugs, Y2K, dot.com stock market meltdown, air traffic control overload.
[December 19, 1999, 21:52]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A bad day to be flying anywhere, as an overnight software upgrade to the UK air traffic control system results in the thing being stuck in night mode and unable to cope with daytime traffic. Friday 17/05/2002
[May 17, 2002, 17:45]
UK ATC's bad air day - their circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Blog This weekend, with commendably little fuss, the Air Traffic Control unit at West Drayton, near to Heathrow, unplugged their headsets and moved en-masse to brand new digs in Swanwick, close to Southampton.
[November 26, 2007, 21:43]
