CommercialStill No Cause Found in 787 Battery Investigation The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has not yet found out what caused the battery fire aboard the Japanese Airlines 787 Dreamliner in January at Boston’s Logan International Airport. In an interim…
ATM ModernizationSouth African Airways Approved for RNP AR Procedures South African Airways (SAA) has received approval from the South African Civil Aviaiton Authority (SACAA) to launch Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures at Cape Town International Airport. Airbus…
CommercialBoeing, KLM Launch ‘Optimal Flight’ Program Boeing is launching its “Optimal Flight” program in collaboration with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, a total of 26 flights powered by alternative jet fuel sources and featuring new technologies from Boeing aimed…
CommercialNorthrop Grumman’s Global Hawk Exchanges Radar Data in Flight Test Northrop Grumman ‘s RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) demonstrated the ability to stream ground moving target radar data during a flight test last week. The flight test involved…
ATM ModernizationFAA Issues Furlough Notices, Congress Reacts FAA sent furlough notices to the majority of its 47,000 employees on Tuesday to adjust its operating budget following the automatic federal spending cuts known as sequestration that were enacted last week.…
CommercialFBI Investigates Unmanned Aircraft Flying Over NYC The FBI is investigating an unmanned aircraft sighting, reported by a pilot for Italian carrier Alitalia on Monday while approaching John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. According to a statement…
ATM ModernizationAAI Selects Honeywell’s SmartPath to Increase Air Traffic at Chennai Airport The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has selected Honeywell’s SmartPath ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) as part of a pilot project to launch satellite-based approaches and landings at Chennai International Airport. The pilot…
Business & GASikorksy Selects L-3 Avionics for H-60, S-70i Sikorsky is awarding a five-year follow-on contract to L-3 Aviation Products to equip its H-60 and S-70i helicopter platforms with the GH-3001 Electronic Standby Instrument System (ESIS), Stormscope WX-500 Lightning Detection System…