RegulationBeyond the Airspace: Drone Integration Dependent on Industry Integration of small UAS into U.S. national airspace will involve a close collaboration between industry and regulators, with the latter exercising “regulatory humility," according to technology leaders speaking at a Bloomberg Government…
RegulationDOT Selects 10 Participants for Nationwide Drone Integration Pilot Program U.S. Transportation Department Secretary Elaine Chao announced the 10 awardees of the UAS Integration Pilot Program. The program, which was announced by President Trump last year, will see the FAA working with…
ATM ModernizationHarris Gets $141M to Modernize India’s ATM Infrastructure Harris Corporation has been selected to modernize India’s air traffic management communications infrastructure, supporting an aviation market which is expected to double in size over the next 10 years. The contract was…
MilitaryDOD Demands Authority to Destroy Drones in Restricted Airspace Privately owned drones routinely violate restricted airspace over military bases, ships and airfields. The Pentagon wants more authority to shoot them down, Defense Secretary James Mattis told lawmakers Wednesday. The military can disrupt or…
RegulationRaytheon To Help New York Develop UTM Corridor The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance selected Raytheon as a key partner in the development of America's first and most advanced unmanned aircraft system-testing airspace corridor in New York. Raytheon's intelligence,…
CommercialSouthwest 1380: Fatal Flight Under Investigation After Engine Loss On a given day, Boeing 737-family aircraft take flight thousands of times. Of those planes, 706 are members of the Southwest Airlines fleet. While most go without complication, Tuesday’s Southwest Flight 1380…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Tasks Intelsat with Navigation Satellite WAAS Payload The FAA has awarded Intelsat, along with a team of other companies, a new task order to develop and operate a satellite payload to aid aircraft navigation without dependence on ground-based infrastructure, particularly precision…
Embedded AvionicsFAA Tasks Leidos with GPS-augmenting WAAS Satellite for $117M The FAA has awarded Leidos a task order to develop the seventh-generation geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite used for the FAA wide area augmentation system (WAAS). The task order has a four-year development…
ConnectivityAirborne Wireless Network Applies to Test Infinitus Airborne Wireless Network has applied with the FAA for experimental operating certificates to allow the installation of Infinitus components on two Cessna demonstration aircraft. The applications will allow Airborne Wireless to install…
CommercialAspen Avionics, Sensurion Aerospace Collaborate on Drone Tech Aspen Avionics and Sensurion Aerospace have formed a co-development partnership to bring certified avionics to the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and unmanned air-taxi marketplace. The companies’ focus is on FAA-certified autopilots, communications,…
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