June 14, 2013

Northrop Grumman to Build Caribbean Ground-to-Air Communications System

Park Air Systems, Northrop Grumman's U.K.-based air traffic management subsidiary, has a new agreement with Dutch Caribbean Air Navigation Service Provider (DC-ANSP) to build a ground-to-air communications system for the Curacao Flight Information Region. ...

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  • Alaska Gets Updated Aviation Weather Broadcast System

    June 7, 2013 | Alaska's FAA flight service stations have been upgraded to improve automated recordings and broadcasting of in-flight weather information for pilots flying in one of the more severe climates of the United States.      (Fairbanks Flight Service...

  • FAA Plans for Full ADS-B Ground Support in 2014

    June 6, 2013 | FAA Administrator Michael Huerta said the ground infrastructure for the nation's automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) will be ready for operations by next year.     (An ITT Exelis ADS-B Ground Station. Photo, courtesy of ITT...

  • Aviation Industry Looks to Prevent ATC Closings in October

    June 3, 2013 | Aviation industry groups are looking to prevent a repeat in 2014 of the impact that the $85 billion in government spending cuts known as sequestration had on airlines, manufacturers and air travelers recently.   A coalition of groups including the...

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  • Satellite-Based Landing System Begins Operations at Frankfurt Airport

    June 3, 2013 | Germany's Frankfurt Airport has begun operating a new generation satellite-based landing system, the NORMARC 8100 CAT III Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS), designed to increase runway capacity under low visibility conditions.     (NORMARC...

  • Editor's Note: Furloughed

    June 1, 2013 | Avionics Editor in  Chief Emily Feliz After a few tense days, and hours and hours of flight delays endured by passengers, air traffic controllers, furloughed by silly sequestration cuts, went back to work in late April, and again the skies are friendly...

  • Touch the Future

    June 1, 2013 | Digital taxi, touchscreen, augmented reality, voice recognition and wrap-around cockpits are just a few of the new cockpit avionics technologies in which companies are investing their research and development dollars. Much of the development is in the areas...