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Front cover: The IEEE AESS Pioneer Award for 2013 will be awarded to Mr. George Lutes (top) and Dr. Kam Lau (bottom) from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory for their pioneering contributions of: "Enabling NASA\´s Deep Space Communications and Radar Imaging System via Ultra-Stable Frequency/Timing Fiber Optic Transfer" on October 16, 2013 at the IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology in Waltham MA. Back Cover: Taxi routes are displayed on this cockpit display screen display using the new Aerodrome Surface Routing Network (ASRN), a graph network with nodes and edges modeling taxiway and runway connectivity. On page 4 of this issue is the article, "Aerodrome Mapping Databases Supporting Taxi Routing Functions," by C. Pschierer, B. Gilbert, C. DeBisschop, and S. Van der Strict. This article provides an overview of the new elements of RTCA DO-272C and DO-291B.