ATM ModernizationCanada Has a Five-Year Plan for Mandating ADS-B Out Canadian air navigation service provider Nav Canada is finalizing the performance standards, technical details and timeline for its ADS-B Out mandate, which has some commonality and some differences from the same mandate…
CommercialHarbour Air to Start Flight Testing All-Electric Seaplane This Year The largest seaplane airline in North America will begin flight testing all-electric propulsion technology later this year, after signing a new agreement to modify every aircraft in its fleet with new electromagnetic…
Business & GAPODCAST: Wheels Up, the ‘Uber’ of Private Aviation A few years ago, I met Kenny Dichter at an aviation conference and learned about Wheels Up, his startup that sought to bring app-based, on-demand travel to the world of private aviation.…
Business & GA14 New Avionics Technologies Unveiled at AEA 2019 Business and general aviation avionics manufacturers presented their newest products for the first time publicly during the Aircraft Electronics Association's (AEA) new products introduction session at its annual convention in Palm Springs. A…
MilitaryUpgraded US Air Force Trainer T-1A Completes First Flight The first U.S. Air Force T-1A Jayhawk upgraded with a Collins Aerospace Pro Line 21 avionics suite recently completed its first successful flight. Under an Air Force avionics modernization program contract, a…
ATM ModernizationHow Space-based ADS-B Will Change ATC for NATS UK in the North Atlantic In May 2018, NATS, the air navigation service provider for the U.K., made a $69 million investment in Aerion's space-based ADS-B network and a 10% equity stake in the global air traffic…
ATM ModernizationSESAR DM Targets December to Finalize ADS-B Implementation Plan European airlines have about 14 months until EASA’s June 7, 2020 ADS-B Out airspace mandate becomes effective. The Single European Sky ATM Research Agency Deployment Manager (SESAR DM) is in the process…
RegulationFAA Nominee Embraced NextGen, Opposed ATC Separation The nomination of Steve Dickson as the next FAA administrator is the selection of a former Delta Air Lines executive who heavily embraced tenets of the agency’s NextGen program while opposing a…
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