ATM ModernizationEasyJet’s New A320 First Equipped to Fly 4D Flights EasyJet is the first European airline that will start operating aircraft equipped with avionics capable of enabling 4D initial trajectory sharing, a future navigation concept proposed to help air navigation service providers…
ATM ModernizationAirMap's Expansion, From Honeywell Hardware to International LAANC Unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform provider AirMap has been busy this week. It's developing a drone tracking device with Honeywell, collaborating with Fortem on a geofencing UTM service and just announced plans…
ATM ModernizationRemote Virtual Air Traffic Control Towers Are Coming to the U.S. Raytheon is teaming with Frequentis to bring the latter's remote virtual tower technology to the U.S. as part of airspace modernization efforts. Raytheon is a major contractor in the FAA's NextGen modernization…
CommercialWorldwide Bans Ground 737 MAX After U.S., Boeing Cave UPDATE, 3:07 p.m. ET: Boeing has released a statement of support for the grounding of the 737 MAX line of airplanes. "We are supporting this proactive step out of an abundance of caution,"…
CommercialBoeing to Release 737 MAX Software Update This Month Boeing is developing an update for its 737 MAX flight control software after two deadly crashes in the new aircraft within the last six months killed more than 300 people. In October,…
CommercialAfter Second Quick Crash, Countries and Carriers Ground 737 MAX-8 First China, then Indonesia, now several individual airlines are grounding their Boeing 737 MAX-8 fleets in the wake of the new narrow-body's second devastating accident in six months. Sunday morning, Ethiopian Airlines…
CommercialEthiopian Airlines 737 MAX Crash Kills 157 157 people were killed Sunday morning when Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 crashed shortly after takeoff from the country's capital city of Addis Ababa. The Kenya-bound 737 MAX 8 was in flight for…
CommercialEVTOL Industry Just Waiting for the Public to Get on Board Industry insiders say the primary roadblock to unlocking urban air mobility (UAM) as a market in the U.S. is not technology, but public acceptance and airspace integration. "The technology is ready," said…
MilitarySierra Nevada Will Bring Old Alpha-Model Black Hawks Into the 21st Century on The Cheap ATLANTA — Sierra Nevada Corp. is taking the Army’s old UH-60As, some with more than 16,000 flight hours on them, and installing upgrades that bring the old birds nearly to the capability…
ConnectivitySix Avionics Things You’ll Learn at the 2019 Aerospace Technology Week On March 12, 2019, Europe’s biggest aviation electronics conference and exhibition, Aerospace Technology Week, returns to Munich in a new format, with more exhibitors and speakers than ever before. The two-day…