Editor's Note Northrop Grumman Eyes First Flight Of Project Talon Next Year Northrop Grumman used its Beacon autonomous testbed, announced in June, to accelerate development of the Project Talon autonomous drone offering for the U.S. Air Force’s…
Editor's Note GE Aerospace, Kratos Begin Altitude Testing For New GEK800 Small Engine GE Aerospace and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions have begun altitude testing for their new low-cost GEK800 turbofan engine, designed to power cruise missiles and…
Editor's Note Cleared for Modernization: The Top Avionics Upgrade for Fixing America’s Broken ATC As commercial air traffic surges back to pre-pandemic levels—and in many regions, surpasses them—aviation’s longstanding Achilles’ heel has returned to center stage: a strained, outdated…
Editor's Note $31.5 Billion Price Tag Revealed for ATC Overhaul U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Congress on July 23 that it will cost $31.5 billion to fully modernize the nation’s air traffic control (ATC)…
Editor's Note Europe’s Air Traffic System Could Soon Face Chaos of Its Own Europe’s fragmented air traffic control (ATC) system has long been a source of inefficiency, delays, and frustration. Unlike the U.S., which operates under a unified…