CommercialAmerican Airlines Testing Digital Verification for Airport Security Checkpoints American Airlines recently launched a 60-day pilot project in partnership with the Transportation Security Administration at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport that will evaluate the use of a mobile phone application and…
CommercialEurocontrol Explains Why 5G Radio Altimeter Interference Risk is Lower in Europe Than US The latest edition of Eurocontrol's "Think Paper" series concludes that the risk of 5G C-band wireless network deployment in Europe having an impact on aircraft radio altimeter (RADALT) performance in European airspace…
CommercialBoeing Expands Safety Management System Data Analytics with Aireon Space-based ADS-B Aireon and Boeing announced a new agreement today that will add space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance data to the aircraft manufacturer’s internally operated safety data analytics suite. Under the new…
CommercialProposed Part 38 Rule Would Add New Fuel Efficiency Metric to Federal Aviation Regulations The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on June 15 published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would introduce a new Part 38 fuel efficiency metric (FEM) to the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR)—the…
CommercialFAA Requires 5G C-Band Filters for ‘Most Susceptible’ Regional Aircraft by End of 2022 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is requiring operators of regional aircraft that the agency has identified as being the most susceptible to interference from 5G C-band wireless signals to install radio frequency…
CommercialAirbus Completes First A321XLR Test Flight, Targets 2024 Entry into Service Airbus completed a successful first test flight of the A321XLR in Germany, the Toulouse-based aircraft manufacturer announced Wednesday. The A321XLR is the latest extra-long range variant of the Airbus A320 family that…
MilitaryUS Air Force to Upgrade C-5M Super Galaxy Cockpit Controls and Displays The U.S. Air Force is upgrading its fleet of C-5M Super Galaxy Transport aircraft with new cockpit displays under a recently announced contract with Intellisense Systems, a Torrance, California-based supplier of aircraft…
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