aircraft
RSS aircraftDistributed Image-Sensor Web Management for Bandwidth Constrained Environments
White Paper Unmanned aircraft, with onboard instruments which enable such data collection, are an essential part of the future remote observing infrastructure. Remote and in situ observation is an essential ingredient of understanding of the Earth and its... [08 Jul 2008]
Fully Secured Cisco Solution Helps Austrian Aircraft Specialist Maintain Altitude Over Rivals
White Paper Diamond Aircraft Industries wanted to protect valuable intellectual property for advanced aircraft design projects and maintain market position based on a fast engineering development cycle. The challenge was to create high-security production... [06 Jul 2008]
Aerospace Firm Moves From Mainframe to Microsoft SQL Server, Saves Time and Money
White Paper L-3 Vertex Aerospace has more than 11,000 staff at 300 locations around the world to service 3,500 aircraft, including 89 distinct types, primarily for the U.S.government. Bidding on new contracts requires drawing on millions of rows of accounting... [05 Jul 2008]
Wesco Aircraft Takes off with the IBM eServer Platform
White Paper Wesco worked with DLB to implement a platform based on IBM eServer technology, an industry leader for system architecture. Wesco consolidated its existing distributed server farm onto eight IBM eServer xSeries servers direct-attached via Integrated... [03 Jul 2008]
Hewlett Packard Case Study: Airbus UK
White Paper Airbus is a leading aircraft manufacturer with a family of airliners on the market ranging in capacity from 100 to more than 500 seats. With their current and future competitiveness at stake, aircraft manufacturers require a high-performance... [03 Jul 2008]
Pratt & Whitney Accelerates Engine Design With Platform Grid Solutions
White Paper Pratt & Whitney is a leader in the design, manufacture and support of engines for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft, space propulsion and power systems. To lower production costs and speed time to market, Pratt & Whitney needed... [03 Jul 2008]
Munich Airport Manages Soaring Growth and Keeps Over 28.6 Million Travelers Traveling Every Year With the Help of Effective IT Management
White Paper Munich Airport International has become one of the largest commercial airports in Europe with over 30.8 million travelers and over 399,460 aircraft takeoffs and landings annually. With a growth rate of over 7% per year the airports' IT systems... [02 Jul 2008]
An International Airline Reduces Costs of Aircraft Parking and Engine Maintenance Through Smarter Scheduling
White Paper The airline wanted to reduce costs by making the processes of assigning aircraft to parking slots and scheduling engine maintenance more efficient. IBM built a user-friendly application that contains advanced mathematical models and algorithms that... [01 Jul 2008]
Estimation of Firewall Loads Due to Soft Soil Impact
White Paper Emergency landings on soft soil represent one of the most severe impact conditions encountered during aircraft accidents. The nacelle and engine mount designs in aircraft with a conventional tractor propulsion configuration play an important role... [30 Jun 2008]
NetMotion Case Study: L-3 Integrated Systems
White Paper L-3 is a major defense contractor that modernizes military aircraft systems and components. L-3 required a VPN that could provide the highest level of security to protect its networks and the sensitive information transmitted wirelessly by its... [30 Jun 2008]
We are now roaming at 30,000 feet...
Comment Emirates has been a keen provider of aircraft telephony for some time. Dubai-based Emirates launched its first full production mobile service in March this year on an Airbus 340, and it is deploying the system from technology partner AeroMobile on... [26 Jun 2008]
Robin Dargue
CIO Profile Dargue is also a high flyer away from work, piloting light aircraft, and he also indulges in his passions for cycling and diving. What bigger challenge is there after becoming CIO of the world's biggest drinks company Diageo aged just 36, turning... [11 Jun 2008]
Photos: Supercomputers signal when storms are a-brewing
Photo About 300 million pieces of information flow into the centre from a network of satellites, ships, aircraft, buoys and weather balloons every day. Tucked away in Reading, the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is using... [06 Jun 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo The Bristol Bloodhound anti-aircraft missile was one of the world's most advanced during its use from 1958 to 1964. This month silicon.com editor Steve Ranger visited China for a behind the scenes tour of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and its... [30 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment Isn't it time to revive this two-tier system if mobile phone usage is to rear its ugly, boorish shaved head in passenger aircraft? This week, readers get worked up over rude mobile users - should they be slapped with an ASBO? [15 May 2008]
