Business & GAEASA's Allowance of CAT IMC Could Prompt Other Developments EASA recently published a rule allowing commercial air transport (CAT) operations for night or instrument meteorological condition (CC), NBAA said. Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material is available. The operator must…
ATM ModernizationSESAR Research Project Examines ATM Needs Through 2050 Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Joint Undertaking recently completed an exploratory research project on ATM operational concept and system architecture between now and 2020, SESAR said. Called FLITE (Future Long-term ATM…
Embedded AvionicsGermany’s First SBAS Flight Lands at Bremen Airport Germany’s first purely satellite-based precision airport approach occurred Thursday at Bremen Airport. Performed by NetJets Europe using a business jet equipped with a European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) receiver, German…
Embedded AvionicsUniversity ATM Research Could Win NASA Funding NASA is ready to award up to $50 million over a five-year period to universities to explore aviation innovations, the administration said. As part of NASA's Aeronautics University Leadership Initiative (ULI), five universities…
ConnectivityViaSat Gen-2 Internet Equipment Should Be Production-Ready in May ViaSat-2 and ViaSat-3 class satellites can now carry Gen-2 in-flight internet equipment, ViaSat Inc. said. The equipment is available for early access testing and should be production-ready and available for installations starting…
CommercialAirbus, SITA Cybersecurity Service Protects Airlines, Airports Airbus and Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA) have teamed up to launch new Security Operations Center Services, Airbus said. Airlines, airports and others can now use information from the incident detection services…
Business & GAEASA Looks to Modernize GA Airplane Certification The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released its new certification rules for small general aviation (GA) aircraft. According to an announcement from the agency, EASA expects the new rules to become…
ConnectivitySES, Gogo Partner for Ku-band on US and Canada Routes SES and Gogo are partnering for inflight connectivity on travel routes over the U.S. and Canada, SES said. New contracts include capacity on 12 additional Ku-band transponders and supporting ground infrastructure. “We’ve…