ATM Modernization

NTSB Urges FAA Modify 'Go-Around' ATC Rules

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) sent a letter to FAA urging the agency to modify its air traffic control procedures to ensure safe separation between aircraft during "go-around" maneuvers. The letter follows the…

Commercial

BAE to Supply Spoiler Control Electronics for 737 MAX

Boeing selected BAE Systems to provide the spoiler control electronics for the new Boeing 737 MAX. The spoiler control electronics will be developed at the company’s Endicott, N.Y., facility and manufactured at…

Commercial

Southwest to Offer Live TV In-Flight  

Global Eagle Entertainment's Row 44 subsidiary will offer free live TV and on-demand shows on Southwest Airlines via DISH Network, the companies announced Tuesday. Row 44 first launched its live TV platform on…

Business & GA

Universal Display, IDD Aerospace to Study OLEDs

Universal Display Corp., of Ewing, N.J., has been awarded a $225,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Under the program, titled “Novel Energy-Saving…

ATM Modernization

Editor's Note: Reader Mailbag

I love reader feedback — good and bad. I see the amount of correspondence I get from readers as a direct correlation to the magazine’s ability to hit the right notes/tones in…

ATM Modernization

Industry Scan

Integration UAS into Civilian Airspace The integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into civilian airspace presents the next frontier in the air transportation industry. And it is one that faces numerous technological, regulatory and public…

Embedded Avionics

Coast Guard Common

Amid all the striking images from Superstorm Sandy last year was action video of sailors hoisted from 30 ft seas by two U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T helicopters about 90 miles off North…

Embedded Avionics

Upgrading the Hornet 

Boeing is enhancing the latest variant of the venerable F/A-18 Hornet with a “next generation” computer, a new infrared search and tracking system (IRST) and other flight deck upgrades, intended to continue…