Abstract: After many years of constructive activity spent in reporting EMI incidents both inside the same naval platform and among different ships, and in the identification of suitable procedures for reducing interference when they occur, the attention of the NATO Special Working Group 10 (SWG-10) is now mainly oriented in preventing them, by mean of software prevision tools and Integrated Top Side Design criteria. This new policy derives from the increased use of COTS equipment and of non-conductive construction materials adopted for the ship top-side. An overall view of the progress done in these two fields constitutes the main matter of this paper.

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Abstract: This paper sets out the case to extend the role of flight simulation in general aviation. It outlines the benefits that flight simulation has brought to airline safety but observes that the majority of pilots worldwide receive no simulator-based training or checking. The paper reviews the potential benefits of synthetic training and provides an analysis of accidents in general aviation to show that a significant reduction in fatal accidents is achievable by instituting recurrent pilot checks in a flight simulator, similar to the simulator checks undertaken by airline pilots. The paper summarises the advances in simulator technology which have occurred in recent years and outlines a scheme to fund the introduction of flight training devices in general aviation, based on compulsory recurrent checks for PPL and CPL pilots. The paper surmises that flight simulation offers a practical means to reduce the accident rate in general aviation and concludes by outlining a financial case to fund the introduction of mandatory simulation-based recurrent checks in general aviation. Language: en