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THE operational role of the Harrier requires the installation of a comprehensive range of communications and radio navigation aid equipment. VHF/UHF equipment is required for airfield and enroute communications and for liaison with other aircraft. Tac/VHF equipment is required for liaison purposes with land vehicles, and forward command posts, while HF equipment is needed for long range air to ground, or ground to ground communications with rear command areas during cab rank operation. TACAN installation is required to provide short range navigation information derived from a ground station or airborne tanker aircraft, and this data can be used to supplement the Inertial Navigation and Attack System (INAS) moving map display or as a self contained aid. IFF equipment is needed for identification purposes.

COMMUNICATION between aircraft and the ground, and between two or more aircraft, has always been the fundamental requirement of avionics. Once heavier‐than‐air machines had ceased to be a novelty, the development of reliable communication systems became essential, although it required the impetus of the 1914–18 War to produce a definite requirement.

Data communications is a relatively neglected topic, which is surprising as it offers the infrastructural platform that can help to provide organizations with flexibility and responsiveness. DataComms 2000 explores the business themes and issues, and technology drivers and focus that will shape the industry. Explores the perspectives of a range of different actors.

To analyse the past developments and future challenges of the Danish ICT industries with a focus on the mobile communications industry.

Data on ICT employment and usage is analysed from an innovation system perspective in a case study of the Danish ICT industries.

The Danish ICT sector is characterised by high skill levels and advanced demand while the supply side is lacking behind. However, opportunities is found in the emerging next generation mobile communication network standard due to a combination of a broad skill base, influence of US firms and relatively lesser vested interests in previous generation networks, standards and business models.

This paper is a part of a special issue on next generation mobile telecommunications networks – challenges to the Nordic ICT industries. This paper presents the past development and future challenges of the Danish ICT industries emerging from the mismatch between demand and supply.

Offers a checklist for planning for buildings′ future telecommunications needs. Examines telecommunications issues with a focus on cost/risk reductions and benefits which can be gained by considering the implications for premises selection, fit‐out, or refurbishment. Examines digital lines and termination space, diverse routing and communication services, communications confidentiality, structured wiring schemes, equipment room design, and dealing rooms.

Since much of the design work for vessels and offshore installations occurs in countries other than where the vessel may operate or where the installation may be located, it is particularly important that the expected user be considered and accommodated through the design and operational phases of a project.

Within the framework of engineering design and marine operations, this chapter will discuss “soft” issues, such as organizational and line management decisions and personnel selection procedures, as well as “hardware” issues related to design of living and working environments. In particular, the chapter will address how culture should be considered while identifying “user” needs and requirements.

Over the past few years, considerable attention has been focused on the implementation and usage of quality improvement and related techniques to the service industry. Reports on an ongoing project to implement a quality maintenance system (QMS) in a military maintenance organization. Total quality management (TQM) concepts are applied as a management tool to improve the quality of maintenance services. Identifies and analyses the nature of the maintenance problem and its causes using data collected over 12 months. Finds that the low serviceability rate of vehicles needs to be improved. Indicates that TQM concepts can be applied effectively to maintenance services. Although the impact of the QMS has not been fully felt, employee participation, education and supervision surfaced as critical success factors during this stage of the implementation process.

According to the Dictionary of Data Processing, telecommunications is the transmission and reception of signals over long distances by means of radio, telephone, or telegraphy. Telecommunications can take place across the room, across town, or across a state. When data are transferred between remote locations, telecommunications equipment is necessary in addition to the usual computer hardware. The equipment creates a host of considerations other than those encountered in a single building automation project. In fact, in an automation project with disbursed sites, telecommunications, rather than computer hardware and software, may become the major source of problems. A number of basic telecommunications concepts are presented as an introduction to the technology and associated issues.

A history of electronic mail services is provided, with characteristics and potential described. Factors to consider in selecting an electronic mail system are listed. Means of communicating with different types of systems are discussed, emphasizing software for personal equipment and use of an interconnection service agency. The features of International Electronic Mail Services, Inc., are described.

TO MEET the demands of a wide range of air‐to‐ground and air‐to‐air and other roles called for under modern warfare conditions, the MRCA is fitted with an advanced and flexible avionics system to facilitate navigation and otherwise undertake missions in bad weather and, if necessary, in spite of damage to the aircraft and its equipment.