Curated ContentFAA Tests Automated Approval for Drone Flights U.S. drone operations have been constrained by a number of factors, including a lengthy approval process for flights in controlled airspace. Now at 50 U.S. airports, the FAA is preparing tests of…
ATM ModernizationFAA Considers Reduced Separation Minima in Oceanic Airspace The FAA is developing a business case to establish reduced separation requirements for airplanes flying in U.S. controlled oceanic airspace. A government-industry body, the Enhanced Surveillance Task Group (ESTG) has determined the…
MilitaryUS Army Could Pay Leidos $64M for Reconnaissance Systems The U.S. Army is expanding the capabilities of its fleet of multi-sensor reconnaissance De Havilland Canada (DHC) aircraft, with help from Leidos Group, the company said. With a contract worth a potential…
ATM ModernizationForeFlight Unveils 'Smallest' ADS-B Receiver in the Market ForeFlight, well known for its iOS electronic flight bag, now offers a portable, dual-band ADS-B receiver, the company said. The receiver, called Scout, is the result of collaboration with uAvionix, and delivers…
ConnectivityIsrael's El Al Wants to Outfit Boeing Dreamliners with Panasonic IFE Panasonic Avionics Corp.’s eX3 in-flight entertainment (IFE) system is set to find its way onto 16 Boeing 787 Dreamliners, Panasonic said. Israel's El Al airlines has selected the system for its new fleet.…
Embedded AvionicsGreen Hills Software to Provide Real-Time Multicore OS to Next-Generation Nav Green Hills Software has been selected by an unnamed U.S. commercial and military navigation equipment supplier to provide a real-time multicore operating system, the company said. The DO-178B Level A-compliant system is…
ATM ModernizationJune Sees Continued Growth in Traffic Trend, Eurocontrol Says Eurocontrol said it expects that by its end, 2017 will have seen more than 10.5 million flights. This forecast is based, in part, on its Network Operations Report for June. The report…
CommercialEASA Certificates 'First' Synthetic Vision System for Commercial Air Transport EASA has certificated avionics advancements for the ATR 42-600 and ATR 72-600, co-developed by ATR and Thales, Thales said. Called “Standard 3,” the new enhancements improve situational awareness and approach capabilities, with…