ATM Modernization

ATCs Try Out Time-Based Separation at Heathrow

ATCs overlook operations from inside the Heathrow tower. Photo: NATS (flickr) [Avionics Today 03-30-2015] Time-Based Separation (TBS), a new way of separating arriving aircraft by time instead of distance in order to…

Commercial

Avanti to Bring SBAS to Africa

[Avionics Today 03-27-2015] The U.K. Space Agency has selected Avanti Communications to deploy the Satellite Based Augmentation System for Africa (SBAS-Africa) project. Under a contract through the agency's International Partnership Space Program…

Commercial

ANA Finalizes 787-10 Orders

[Avionics Today 03-27-2015] Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) has finalized a $900 million order for three Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners. ANA is the first airline in Asia that will operate the entire…

Commercial

EASA: Ensure Two Crew in the Cockpit

[Avionics Today 03-27-2015] In light of the recent events of the fatal Germanwings flight 4U9525, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a temporary recommendation for airlines to ensure that at least…