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…
CommercialDelta Takes Top Spot in Annual Airline Quality Ranking Delta Air Lines was crowned the highest-quality airline in America in the 29th annual Airline Quality Report (AQR), a joint initiative from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical and Wichita State Universities. The AQR evaluates operators…
CommercialThales Acquires Software Security Company Gemalto for $5.4 B Thales has completed the acquisition of software security company Gemalto for $5.4 billion. The acquisition took 15 months and will furnish Thales with a new division, to be named digital identity and…