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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
House Considers On-Demand Ops
The U.S. House of Representatives Aviation Subcommittee is holding a hearing this afternoon that will focus on on-demand flights, including EMS, firefighting, offshore... [read more]
March 15, 2010 Air Safety Week
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...
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 15, 2010 N/A
WAAS GPS Sensor for ADS-B Testing
FreeFlight Systems has been selected by the FAA as part of the official ADS-B testing in Alaska. The FreeFlight Systems 1203 will be joining its sister product, the 1201 WAAS GPS receiver, which has been successfully used in Alaska since 2003 as part of the...
March 15, 2010 Avionics
FreeFlight WAAS Receiver in ADS-B Tests
FreeFlight Systems, based in Waco, Texas, said its 1203 Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) GPS receiver has been selected by FAA as part of the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) testing in Alaska. FreeFlight also supplies its 1201...
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...
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