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…
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…
The FAA has released its policy for dealing with non-compliant aircraft after the 2020 ADS-B mandate goes into effect: approve them, but only when convenient. "Scheduled operators may request an authorization to…
Global air traffic surveillance is now a reality. Aireon's space-based ADS-B system is up and running and it has launched a trial of its service over the North Atlantic. "For the first time…
Raytheon and Lockheed Martin are teaming up to chase a contract to update U.S. National Airspace infrastructure with new, multipurpose radars. In an attempt to both modernize the national airspace system (NAS)…
Crucial to the industry's ability to bring supersonic civil aviation back in a palatable fashion is the fact that modern technology allows the real-time prediction of how sound waves will reach the ground,…
United Technologies Corp. has selected regional turboprops as its inroad to the electric transportation market, and it says its hybrid-electric solution could achieve a 30 percent fuel savings. UTC is developing a…
Acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell is still confident in the Boeing 737 MAX, even as U.S. Senate aviation subcommittee chairman Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) says the aircraft's issues "threaten to erode trust in…