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.
Airservices Australia this week announced a commercial agreement with Honeywell that will see them jointly develop and market new satellite-based landing and approach surveillance systems. The agreement covers the Ground- Based Augmentation System (GBAS) and the Ground-Based Regional Augmentation System (GRAS). Prototypes of these systems are being used at Sydney Airport, in conjunction with Qantas. The two companies will market these systems in different regions.
Eurocontrol has decided to use two of Lockheed Martin's WindTracer systems to study wake vortices at European hub airports. While Eurocontrol bought one system, the other is on loan from the U.S. FAA. The purchased system will be used initially at Paris Charles De Gaulle, and then at other airports. The system supplied by FAA will be used at Frankfurt.
An industry consortium is close to finishing the most important part of a roadmap for the future European air traffic management system, while European regulators are raising EUR2.1 billion to fund a development plan based on the new blueprint.
