MilitarySenate Appropriators Back Army ATI Cuts But Knock ‘Disjointed Rollout,’ Rebuke Plan To End T901 Engine The Senate Appropriations Committee has backed most of the Army’s divestments as part of its new transformation initiative, while its defense spending bill rebukes a plan to end development of the new…
MilitaryRed Cat Expects LRIP Order Soon For Army’s SRR Small Drone, ‘Aggressive’ Ramp Up In FY ‘26 Red Cat Holdings has said it’s expecting a low-rate production order “very soon” for the Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) small drone program, noting the service’s plan for a “significant” fielding ramp…
Editor's NoteCleared 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in many regions, surpasses them—aviation’s longstanding Achilles’ heel has returned to center stage: a strained, outdated Air Traffic Control (ATC) system ill-equipped to…
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) system, a sweeping upgrade the Department of…
Editor's NoteEurope’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 FAA-controlled airspace, Europe remains a patchwork of…
Editor's NoteVIDEO: The Shocking Truth Behind America’s ATC Crisis In this video presentation, I examine the crisis bedeviling the U.S. Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. Click here to view my video: https://shorturl.at/2bHSD Below is an edited transcript of my presentation. If…
Editor's NoteAmerica’s ATC Meltdown: Why The Skies Are Short-Staffed and The Remedies That Are Needed For over a decade, the U.S. has been facing a persistent and growing shortage of air traffic controllers. The problem has ballooned into a full-blown crisis, straining airport operations, triggering flight delays,…
Editor's NoteAvionics to the Rescue: Tech Innovations Target Airport Bottlenecks As global air travel rebounds with a vengeance, the aviation industry is once again grappling with a painful bottleneck: overcrowded airports and a dangerously understaffed air traffic control system. Delays, diversions, and…