ATM ModernizationNASA and Korea Ink Agreement to Further ATM Technologies Jaiwon Shin, NASA’s associate administrator for Aeronautics Research, and Jaeboong Lee, president of the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement, signed an agreement Nov. 17, 2014 in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: NASA…
Business & GAAEA Third Quarter Report Indicates Sales Slowdown Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Business and General Aviation (GA) avionics sales this summer dropped 5 percent, according to the Aircraft Electronics Association’s (AEA) third-quarter 2014 Avionics Market Report. In the three-month…
Business & GAUK Operators Catch a Break on SERA Rule Changes [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] The United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced that implementation of significant elements of the European Union’s Standardized European Rules of the Air (SERA) has been delayed. As a…
ATM ModernizationPassur Aerospace, Inform GmbH Combined Tech for Enhanced Turn-Management Solutions [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] Passur Aerospace and Inform GmbH are integrating their existing solutions for airline and airport turn management and hub control into a new, combined offering. Passur’s flight, airspace and airport…
Commercial5 Potential Commercial Uses of Unmanned Aircraft Systems [Avionics Today 11-20-2014] As the FAA moves closer to releasing its highly anticipated regulations for small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and the agency's six testing sites throughout the U.S. continue to research…
Business & GANTSB Overturns Former FAA UAS Ruling An aerial photography UAS. Photo: flickr [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has determined that aerial photographer Raphael Pirker had operated an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) recklessly over the…
Business & GASkyWest Makes the Move to All-Jet Fleet The SkyWest Embraer 120 Brasilia. Photo: Wikipedia [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] SkyWest Airlines intends to transition to an all-jet fleet by removing all remaining 30-seat Embraer 120 Brasilia turboprop aircraft from service by…
ATM ModernizationNATS Unveils Real-Time Flight Efficiency Tool The Flight Optimization System (FLOSYS) developed by NATS. Photo: NATS [Avionics Today 11-19-2014] Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) are now able to analyze the environmental efficiency of flights in near real-time, thanks to…
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