ATM ModernizationFAA Investigates Air Traffic Incident at DCA FAA safety officials are investigating a miscommunication between air traffic controllers (ATC) that lead to three aircraft flying too close to each other near Ronald Reagan Airport on Tuesday. The incident occurred…
CommercialAirbus Activates A350 XWB Flight Deck Airbus has powered up the XWB MSN1 flight deck for the first time for electrical testing on its A350 passenger jet. The France-based manufacturer’s XWB flight deck has six interchangeable displays. The…
CommercialMarines Approve Deployment Extension for K-MAX Cargo UAS For the second time this year, the U.S. Marine Corps has approved the deployment extension of K-MAX Cargo UAS, Lockheed Martin said Wednesday. Earlier this year, the Marine Corps requested the aircraft,…
ATM ModernizationEditor's Note: Media Socially It’s been a little more than a decade since I left journalism school. It was 2001, and it was a simpler time — a tweet was a sound a bird made, tablets…
ATM ModernizationIndustry Scan Boeing, Air Force Keeping a Close Eye on KC-46A Tanker Avionics Integrating commercial and military avionics into the U.S. Air Force’s new KC-46A aerial refueling tanker will be a significant challenge, so…
CommercialProving Payloads A Block II Apache Longbow takes off at Dugway’s Michael Army Airfield as a Shadow unmanned aircraft is readied for flight. The aircraft were linked during at the Manned Unmanned System Integration…
CommercialProduct Focus: Sensor Payloads Last year, Northrop Grumman Firebird intelligence-gathering air system successfully used three different high-definition video sensors and an electronics support payload all at the same time. Facing tight budgets and a military operation…
ATM ModernizationAEEC Wrap-Up Hundrends of aviation professionals convened in Anchorage, Alaska, at the AEEC General Session and AMC Open Forum in May to adopt new ARINC standards and discuss maintenance issues. The 612 aviation professionals…
CommercialUAVs Flying in the NAS Until recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were strictly used for military and defense applications, but that is quickly changing. The FAA re-authorization bill paves the way for UAVs to fly into new…
ATM ModernizationNew Products U.K. Office Satcom Direct, based in Satellite Beach, Fla., opened an office in Farnborough, U.K., located inside Hangar 2 at TAG Farnborough Airport. The office will provide European customers with physical access…