ATM ModernizationEurocontrol's Database Can Help Prep for PBN Deployment Eurocontrol said that its communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) dashboard already has 244 users. Since its public release in April, it has gained 84 air navigation service providers, 12 airports, 17 operators…
MilitaryUS Army Gives Lockheed Martin $12M for Sensor Fusion Work The U.S. Army has tapped Lockheed Martin to develop a multi-modal sensor fusion (MMSF) testbed for rotorcraft, Lockheed Martin said. Worth $12 million, the contract is under the Army’s Night Vision and…
ConnectivityStudy Sees 162% Jump in In-Flight Broadband Revenue Over Decade Broadband-related in-flight revenue could grow from $3.86 billion next year to $66.56 billion by 2028, a new study by the London School of Economics and Political Science projects. The study, done in…
ConnectivityClosing the Gap: A New Way of Using SwiftBroadband in Cabin, Cockpit While business and commercial aircraft operators already have expressed interest in the use of internet protocol (IP) for flight operations and maintenance purposes, the concept has not yet become widespread. At NBAA…
ATM ModernizationNATS SESAR 2020 Sims Show Other Ways to Calculate Separation Simulations hosted by NATS under the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) 2020 program have showed that some of Europe’s busiest airports could be made more efficient, according to the SESAR Joint…
RegulationDrone Hits Passenger Airplane in Canada A Skyjet Aviation flight collided with an unmanned aircraft system while the passenger airplane was on approach to Jean Lesage International Airport in Québec City. Marc Garneau, Canada’s minister of transport, called…
CommercialHow an Emirates A380 Captain is Using PBN to Improve Flying Performance-based navigation (PBN), made up of area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance-authorization required (RNP-AR) sounds complicated. But in reality, it isn’t. Emirates’ Roger Hall, RNAV project lead and Airbus A380 captain,…
Business & GATop 10 OEMs, Tech Suppliers at NBAA 2017 The 2017 National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) convention featured a combined 99 avionics manufacturers, dealers, audio and visual equipment vendors, and suppliers. Though it would be impossible to analyze what all these…
ATM ModernizationGermany, the Netherlands Sign Agreement to Jointly Procure Instrument Land Systems Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) and the Netherlands’ air navigation service provider (LVNL) have agreed to exchange instrument systems, DFS said. Under the agreement, the two countries are to procure instrument land systems (ILS).…
RegulationFAA Rule Says New Aircraft Design Must be Quieter in 2018 The FAA said it will require newly designed aircraft have lower noise volumes, starting Jan. 1, 2018. A new rule, “Stage 5 Airplane Noise Standards,” would demand that the latest noise-reduction technology…