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Monday, March 15, 2010
FAA Releases NextGen Implementation Plan
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has just released its visionary NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP), laying out the U.S. aviation agency's progress and goals for the future in implementing new capabilities and new technologies in the mid-term to 2018. The report supports many of the recommendations... [read more]
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
New Aircraft Viable via NextGen
Advanced short-runway airliners and large commercial tiltrotors could boost the capacity of the U.S. air transport system without impacting conventional aircraft operations, once the FAA's NextGen airspace system is fully implemented. That's the conclusion of...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
North Sea Air Safety Improves
NATS Services is now using a Sensis Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland for helicopter flight following. Air traffic controllers are using the WAM surveillance information as a supplement to established procedural...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
Avionics Magazine to Host Airport Surface Management Webinar
Experts in the field of airport surface surveillance will convene March 18 at noon EST to discuss managing aircraft and vehicular traffic on the airport surface during an Avionics Magazine Webinar, "Airport Surface Management: Enhancing Safety...
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
Safety & Technology Trends
New Brand at FAA Beginning with the March/April 2010 issue, FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing to more accurately reflect the magazine's safety mission. The FAA Safety Briefing will provide pilots, aviation maintenance technicians...
March 12, 2010 N/A
Aerobahn Enriched with New Features
Sensis recently unveiled the latest version of its Aerobahn airport surface management system. Aerobahn Version 5 features increased map and view customization as well as new reporting and event threshold alerting functionality that will enable airlines...
March 12, 2010 N/A
Harris/Jotron Pursue Next-Gen Radio Contract
Harris and Norway’s Jotron AS have teamed up to pursue an anticipated five-year, $200 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contract for next-generation radios that will support the agency's future air/ground communications needs. Harris has a...
March 11, 2010 Avionics
FAA Releases NextGen Implementation Plan
FAA on Monday released its NextGen Implementation Plan (NGIP), laying out the agency's progress and goals for implementing new capabilities and new technologies in the mid-term to 2018. The 2010 plan update supports many of the recommendations...
March 11, 2010 Avionics
AIRE Program To Be Extended
American and European aviation officials pledged to extend the flight demonstrations conducted under the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE) into regular, daily operations. “We will perform new trials in 2010, and the intent...
March 11, 2010 N/A
North Sea Chopper Traffic Safety Improves
NATS Services is now using a Sensis Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland for helicopter flight following. Air traffic controllers are using the WAM surveillance information as a supplement to established procedural...
March 11, 2010 N/A
Era WAS Installed in North Sea
Era says its wide area multilateration (WAM) solution for the Dutch air navigation service provider (ANSP) Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (LVNL) has been installed in the Netherlands North Sea area. The solution utilizes Era's MSS multilateration and ADS-B...
March 10, 2010 N/A
Public Funds Eyed For SESAR
The Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) program will need public money to assist airlines in equipping for new capabilities, according to the head of the management organization overseeing the development phase. The European Commission will propose to...
March 10, 2010 N/A
New Aircraft Viable in NextGen
Emerging new aircraft types, such as Cruise-Efficient Short Take-Off and Landing (CESTOL) transport aircraft, have the potential to positively affect the efficiency and capacity of the NextGen Air Transportation System, according to research recently...
March 10, 2010 Avionics
FAA Sees Modest Growth in 2010
The sluggish economy will put the brakes on growth in the U.S. commercial air industry, according to a FAA forecast released Tuesday. FAA’s Annual Aerospace Forecast predicts domestic passenger enplanements will increase modestly, by 0.5 percent, in...
March 9, 2010 N/A
Video Solutions for Air Traffic Services
Canada’s Searidge Technologies says its intelligent video platform IntelliDAR is being utilized by NAV CANADA to develop innovative video technology applications for airport surface surveillance and remote monitoring. Searidge has been working with NAV...
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