Adrian is Auckland bureau chief for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Adrian was previously based in Aviation Week’s Washington office for nine years, writing for a range of the group’s publications and covering many aspects of the commercial aviation industry. He has won Australasian and international awards for his aviation writing.
Prior to joining Aviation Week in 2002, Adrian covered aviation industry and policy issues for two other publishing companies in Washington. He has also worked for newspapers in Texas and New Zealand, covering a wide range of topics. Adrian graduated from Auckland University with a degree in history and English in 1992.
Northrop Grumman has achieved the first stage of certification for an airport surveillance system operating at major airports in China that will make it much easier for the system to be deployed across the country. The Nova 9000 system received temporary certification in November, based on existing deployments at Beijing and Guangzhou. Another of these systems is expected to become operational in Shenzhen in mid-2012, Northrop executives tell Aviation Week. Final certification will be based on this and the existing systems.
All Nippon Airways plans to use its Boeing 787s to open two new routes to the U.S. West Coast in late 2012. The routes will be the second and third international services created specifically for the 787.
A new wide area multilateration (WAM) system deployed at Sydney Airport is believed to be the first use of this surveillance technology for both precision runway monitoring and coverage of terminal airspace. The WAM system, manufactured by Saab Sensis Corp., now is fully operational after being formally accepted into service in September. This followed a 14-month operational testing period, Airservices Australia officials tell Aviation Week.
