CommercialFAA Releases Roadmap to UAS Integration The FAA is on track to develop the airworthiness standards and certification requirements necessary to integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS) by its targeted goal of 2015,…
ATM ModernizationUK to Consider More Instrument-Based Airport Approaches The U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is considering the implementation of the wider availability of instrument-based approach procedures at smaller airports throughout Britain. On Tuesday, Nov. 5, the CAA asked pilots, air…
Business & GARockwell Collins Opens Training Center in UK Rockwell Collins has unveiled a new simulation and training center in Burgess Hill, West Sussex, U.K. The new facility will manufacture "high-contrast, display and projector systems for use in highly-immersive simulation and…
CommercialAmerican Airlines Receives Approval for Expanded PED Use American Airlines passengers can begin using their personal electronic devices (PEDs) during all phases of flight after the carrier received FAA approval for the expanded use Tuesday. The expansion was granted to…
ATM ModernizationBoeing: 747-8 Upgrades Can Save $1 Million Per Aircraft Boeing is almost ready to bring a series of avionics and engine upgrades to its flagship 747-8 aircraft, claiming a further reduction in burn of 1.8 percent. The airframe manufacturer began flight…
CommercialAeroVironment to Develop MALE UAS for DARPA The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has issued a $2.3 million contract to AeroVironment to develop a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that can operate from small ships providing…
CommercialMQ-8C Completes First Flight Northrop Grumman's MQ-8C unmanned helicopter completed its first flight at the Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, Calif., last week. The flight, operated by a ground-based team from the U.S. Navy and…
Business & GAPerspectives: FCC Interference Approach Since the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its “National Broadband Plan” in 2010, the agency has been aggressively trying to make more spectrum available for broadband. Besides exploring various allocation and auction…