ATM Modernization

FAA Lays Out 15-Year Plans for PBN NAS Navigation Strategy

Photo: SITA [Avionics Today 10-04-2016] FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has signed off on the Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) National Airspace System (NAS) Navigation Strategy, the FAA’s Navigation and Landing Branch Manager Donna Creasap…

ATM Modernization

FAA Renews ATC Coms Contract with Rockwell Collins

Rockwell Collins center for providing the FAA with ATC communications between the FAA and aircraft flying in U.S. oceanic airspace. Photo: Rockwell Collins [Avionics Today 10-03-2016] The FAA has renewed its Aeronautical…

Commercial

Airbus and Indonesia Launch Long-Term Green Aviation Partnership

Soekarno–Hatta International Airport, the busiest in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Photo: Wikimedia [Avionics Today 10-03-2016] Airbus and the Indonesian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have launched a long-term partnership to reduce…

ATM Modernization

Early Adopters of ADS-B: UPS & JetBlue

  Six years after the FAA mandated Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipage for aircraft flying in airspace that requires a transponder, today, the agency estimates just 671 airliners have been…