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.
Era says its wide-area multilateration (WAM) system has been installed in the Netherlands to monitor traffic to offshore oil platforms as well as en route flights over the North Sea. Sensors have been positioned in on-shore and off-shore locations, covering the Dutch part of the North Sea. Era said it will be one of the largest multilateration-based oceanic applications. HITT is also involved in the project. The system passed its functional performance test in January.
Europe’s air traffic control modernization project — known as SESAR — is quickly ramping up its deployment phase and is preparing to deliver benefits this year. Nine months after launching this phase, 1,400 engineers are at work and 75% of the 300 planned projects have been started, according to the SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU). The SJU is a public/private partnership co-founded by Eurocontrol and the European Commission and represents a wide range of member companies that perform the work.
