In-flight connectivity could be faster and accessible to more commercial and business aircraft in a few years, under a proposal from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to establish a terrestrial-based air-to-ground mobile broadband service…
FAA will not close the 149 contract air traffic control (ATC) towers that were scheduled for closure in June due the sequester, according to a statement issued by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood…
The U.S. Air Force's B-52 Stratofortress fleet is receiving a major digital upgrade from Boeing, helping the airframe manufacturer to provide a foundation for continued modernization of the military's longest serving bomber…
Nav Canada has a new agreement with Boeing Digital Aviation subsidiary Jeppesen to bring area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP) instrument flight procedures to the Canadian airspace. Working with…
U.K.-based low cost carrier EasyJet, with Airbus and Norwegian research company Nicarnica Aviation, is ready to perform flight tests for an airborne volcanic ash detection system called Airborne Volcanic Object Identifier and…
L-3 Platform Integration has selected Rockwell Collins as the avionics solution provider for a communication, navigation and surveillance/air traffic management (CNS/ATM) avionics upgrade for the U.S. Air Force EC-130H. Financial terms of…
The U.S. Navy said it completed the first successful arrested landing with an unmanned aircraft using Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator. The landing was conducted May 4 at…
FAA has selected FreeFlight Systems to provide upgraded automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) avionics to fulfill the requirements of the second phase of its Capstone Project. The project was originally launched in…