CommercialFAA OK's Updated MCAS for 737 MAX, Awaits Industry Comments The FAA Flight Standardization Board (FSB) has reviewed Boeing's update to the 737 MAX's maneuvering characteristics augmentation system (MCAS) and determined it is "operationally suitable," according to a new report the agency put…
CommercialAfter the Accident, Part Two: The Black Box Now and Tomorrow This is the second of a two-part series on black boxes with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Read the first part here. Black boxes are designed to be damage-resistant, but that…
ConnectivityUAVOS Releases Auto-Tracking Antenna for UAVs Drone-maker UAVOS has introduced an auto-tracking antenna system for enabling long-range data transmission on a wide range of unmanned aircraft. The new antenna system has two communication channels featuring different antennas: a 900…
CommercialAirborne Launchpad for Spaceflight, Stratolaunch Takes First Flight Frankenstein together two Boeing jets by the wing and you get a 250-ton beast with a wingspan of 385 feet and a max weight of 650 tons. That makes Stratolaunch the largest…
ATM ModernizationFAA Lags on Congressional Cybersecurity Mandates from 2016, Finds OIG The Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that the FAA has yet to meet cybersecurity mandates required under the 2016 FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act, according…
CommercialJetBlue to Launch London Route as Beginning of Transatlantic Expansion JetBlue will begin flying multiple daily flights to London from both New York and Boston in 2021, the airline announced April 10, as an entree to the European market. The operator has…
CommercialAfter the Accident: Inside the Black Box with NTSB Investigators You've read about the black box. In the wake of a crash, authorities scramble to find the black box, the key to the investigation. It contains an aircraft's flight data recorder (FDR)…
CommercialHoneywell to Handle Navigation for Volocopter eVTOL Honeywell and Volocopter will jointly test and develop navigation and automated landing systems for Volocopter's electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, the two companies announced April 8. The solutions will build…