Air TaxiFive Companies and NUAIR Begin Work on UTM Contingency Management A team of companies received $1.6 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to build and test their Contingency Management Platform at the New York Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site at Griffiss…
Business & GANTSB Calls on OEMs to Equip Turbine Helicopters with Flight Data, Image Recorders The National Transportation Safety Board is calling on helicopter builders to equip turbine-powered rotorcraft with crash-resistant flight data recorders and crash-protected image recorders to provide data, audio and images to improve crash…
IIOTFAA Targets 2021 for Launch of Drone Remote ID Service The Federal Aviation Administration is planning to have remote ID service for drones — a foundational component of integrating unmanned aircraft into the national airspace — up and running by sometime next…
Business & GAFAA Moves Forward on Standards for Supersonic Aircraft The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is moving forward on standards for future supersonic aircraft in announcing a notice of proposed rulemaking last week for noise levels for those aircraft. The proposed rulemaking…
Air TaxiUAS Service Suppliers Discuss 53,000 Comments on FAA’s Remote ID Proposal The Federal Aviation Administration is working through more than 53,000 comments on its proposed approach to remote identification for remote aircraft and hopes to issue a final ruling before the end of…
Air TaxiWill the FAA Have Authority over Vertiports for High-Volume Air Taxi Operations? As communities discuss how to prepare for urban air mobility (UAM), concerns are emerging around how heliports — or future ‘vertiports’ — will be governed by the Federal Aviation Administration. Companies like…
ATM ModernizationLeidos, Thales Working to Replace Secondary Surveillance Radars for US Air Traffic System Leidos and Thales are collaborating on the supply of up to 142 secondary surveillance radars to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under the Mode S Beacon Replacement System (MSBRS) contract. The FAA…
Air TaxiAt Ohio Air Taxi Symposium, Policy Seen as Far Behind Technology COLUMBUS, Ohio — Home to a number of leading aerospace research centers and suppliers, Ohio is taking steps to ensure it will be on the leading edge of the low-altitude urban air…
Embedded AvionicsEASA and FAA to Issue Further Guidance on Multicore Certification This Year The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are to issue further guidance on the certification of airborne systems with avionics multicore processors this year, according to EASA.…
Air TaxiSix Urban Air Mobility Aircraft ‘Well Along’ in Type Certification, FAA’s Merkle Says Six aircraft intended for urban air mobility application are “well along” in pursuing type certification with the Federal Aviation Administration, said Jay Merkle, head of the FAA’s UAS integration office, at the…
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