ATM ModernizationFAA's Plan for Non-Equipped Aircraft After 2020 ADS-B Mandate 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…
ATM ModernizationGlobal ADS-B Surveillance is Now Live 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…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon, Lockheed Look to Get Ahead of Huge NAS Contract 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)…
Business & GASupersonic Flight Unlocked by Real-Time Boom Predictions 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,…
CommercialUTC's Hybrid-Electric Regional Plane Promises 30 Percent Fuel Savings 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…
CommercialFAA Stands By Delegating 737 MAX Certification in Senate Hearing 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…
CommercialSouthwest 737 MAX Makes Immediate Emergency Landing The global grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX hasn't ended the airplane's woes, as a MAX 8 flying without passengers for Southwest Airlines on March 26 had to make an emergency landing…
CommercialJetcopter VTOL to be Revealed at AERO 2019 A full-scale mock-up of the Jetcopter vertical-takeoff-and-landing concept vehicle will be shown for the first time at April's AERO 2019 show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The startup air taxi's claim to fame is its…
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