ATM ModernizationFlight Tests of LDACS Prototype Under Way in Germany Engineers and pilots at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are the world’s first aerospace industry researchers to flight test a prototype L-band Digital Aeronautical Communications System (LDACS), which could become a key…
ConnectivityUAVOS Releases Auto-Tracking Antenna for UAVs Drone-maker UAVOS has introduced an auto-tracking antenna system for enabling long-range data transmission on a wide range of unmanned aircraft. The new antenna system has two communication channels featuring different antennas: a 900…
CommercialAirborne Launchpad for Spaceflight, Stratolaunch Takes First Flight Frankenstein together two Boeing jets by the wing and you get a 250-ton beast with a wingspan of 385 feet and a max weight of 650 tons. That makes Stratolaunch the largest…
CommercialL3 Has New Data, Voice Recorders for EASA’s 2021 Mandate A new generation of L3 cockpit voice and data recorders capable of meeting the the European Aviation Safety Agency’s (EASA) new aircraft voice and data recording mandates are in the beginning stages…
ATM ModernizationFAA Lags on Congressional Cybersecurity Mandates from 2016, Finds OIG The Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that the FAA has yet to meet cybersecurity mandates required under the 2016 FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act, according…
CommercialJetBlue to Launch London Route as Beginning of Transatlantic Expansion JetBlue will begin flying multiple daily flights to London from both New York and Boston in 2021, the airline announced April 10, as an entree to the European market. The operator has…
MilitaryAir Force to Begin Open Skies Sensor Suite Sustainment in 2020 The Air Force plans to work with Northrop Grumman [NOC] to perform sensor suite sustainment on the service’s two OC-135B Open Skies reconnaissance aircraft beginning in 2020, according to an April 10…
CommercialAfter the Accident: Inside the Black Box with NTSB Investigators You've read about the black box. In the wake of a crash, authorities scramble to find the black box, the key to the investigation. It contains an aircraft's flight data recorder (FDR)…