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RSS planes in newsRobot spy planes get £16m government boost
News The government is spending £16m on the development of robot aircraft that could be used by the police for surveillance. The government said that development of unmanned craft could "revolutionise" police and fire service surveillance, or power and... [18 Jul 2006]
First mobile-friendly planes to take off in 2007
News BMI will test the business case, usage patterns and social issues around using mobile phones on aircraft on one of its A320 Airbus planes flying out of London Heathrow Airport on various short-haul routes across Europe. [22 Jun 2006]
In-flight broadband to take off with AirCell?
News We're running pretty full planes. It plans first to cover planes traversing the continental US and later expand the network to the rest of North America. Air travellers starved for in-flight internet access may soon find solace, thanks to a US... [06 Jun 2006]
Microsoft's 'eye in the sky' to watch over national security?
News Bird's-eye imagery is aerial photography taken from low-flying planes at a 45-degree angle, instead of from satellites, which give a different amount of detail. Microsoft is collaborating with the US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), a... [19 May 2006]
Air France gets first mobile-friendly plane
News TAP Portugal is also trialling the OnAir system, while American Airlines and Qualcomm gave a safety demonstration of mobile on planes back in 2004. Air France has announced it is to take delivery of the first of its aircraft to offer passengers in... [04 Apr 2006]
US turns to tech to shore up its ports
News Locked and armoured cockpit doors and air marshals on planes are part of a switch in main security concern from hijackers to people who might want to blow up airplanes, Chertoff said in a speech at an event in San Francisco hosted by the... [20 Mar 2006]
Exclusive: The headlines you won't see next year
News Airlines: 'Mobile calls don't interfere with planes' Here we predict the stories that won't - or really shouldn't - appear on the pages of silicon.com over the course of the coming 12 months. Gates ends charity, spends all on women and fast cars [22 Dec 2005]
Should security companies be regulated?
News And if you go to the airport the customer can't walk up to the planes and examine them and make an informed decision on which airline is the safest. Security experts are fiercely divided on the issue of regulation, with one respected industry... [19 Oct 2005]
BMI to trial in-flight mobile phone calls in 2006
News BMI intends to test the business case for fleet-wide rollout of an in-flight mobile service on one of its A320 Airbus planes flying out of London's Heathrow airport towards the end of 2006. Passengers flying on UK airline BMI will be able to make... [21 Sep 2005]
Computer fault delays UK flights
News According to the BBC, 100 flights at Heathrow Airport were directly affected by the fault as no planes were allowed to take off for 40 minutes. A computer fault delayed a number of flights out of UK airports this morning. [24 Aug 2005]
Siemens and Airbus go for mile-high love-in
News The pair are hoping for a 2006 launch for the system, with Siemens taking care of the GSM technology, via the planes' base station, and Airbus looking after the integration of the mobile tech with existing electronics systems, as well as marketing... [12 Jul 2005]
Mobiles on planes from 2006
News Using mobile phones on planes is set to become a reality from as soon as next year - and an all-too-familiar sight by 2010. Consultancy Booz Allen Hamilton said the market is now ripe for the development of in-flight phone calls and a number of... [07 Jul 2005]
Mile high mobile: No voice please, we're passengers
News Analysts are predicting that passengers travelling on mobile-enabled planes will keep their mouths shut and their thumbs busy. Of the 50,000 people quizzed by the research firm, 11 per cent were in favour of using their mobiles on planes for voice... [21 Jun 2005]
SMS font-of-all-knowledge honoured with gong
News Why do planes have headlights? 'Any question answered' mobile phone service 82Ask has scooped one of the top gongs at the Global Messaging Awards after a breakthrough year which saw it answer queries on everything from sandwich making world records... [17 Jun 2005]
Ericsson crafts in-flight mobile network
News Ericsson joins the cottage industry that has begun supplying air travellers with wireless services ranging from phone calls to the high-speed Wi-Fi wireless access provided by Connexion, a division of airplane maker Boeing, which has installed its... [14 Jun 2005]
