RegulationFAA Committee Recommends New Regulations for Drone Operations The Federal Aviation Administration’s Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Aviation Rulemaking Committee published a report last week with recommendations on standard regulations and guidance for drone operators. The BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking…
AI & AutonomyThe Air Force’s AETC Starts Research on eVTOL Pilot Training Requirements Last month, Detachment 62 of the Air Force’s Air Education and Training Command (AETC) started a research program to define training requirements for piloting electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Joby…
Air TaxiNASA Collaboration Sets Out to Define the Future of Air Travel NASA is now seeking input from various stakeholders in the aviation community to establish a definition for the future of air travel. NASA aims to collaborate in defining what urban air mobility…
AI & AutonomyIris Automation Receives FAA Approval for Drone Flight Beyond Visual Line of Sight in Nevada Avionics technology company Iris Automation has been granted approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for flying automated drones beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) in an unpopulated area near the city…
ATM ModernizationNUAIR and Sagetech Avionics Partner for Detect-and-Avoid Technology Testing Aerospace technology company Sagetech Avionics and New York-based nonprofit NUAIR created a new partnership to run tests on two of Sagetech’s developments, their Detect and Avoid solutions and Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B)…
CommercialFAA, Aviation Industry Continues Research on 5G C-Band Interference Issues and Next Steps U.S. aviation industry leadership and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) are still researching and adding to their understanding of how the new deployment of 5G C-Band services impact the performance of fixed…
CommercialFAA Requires Boeing 747-8, 777 Flight Manual Changes to Address 5G C-Band Radio Altimeter Interference The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) on Jan. 25 requiring airplane flight manual (AFM) changes for Boeing 747-8, 747-8F and 777 after determining that the radio altimeters…
CommercialFAA Clears More Altimeters From 5G C-Band Impact as Airlines Adjust Flight Operations The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday published a statement to allow an estimated 78 percent of the in-service U.S. commercial fleet to perform low-visibility landings at airports where wireless companies deployed…
CommercialFAA Identifies 50 U.S. Airports for New 5G Buffer Zones The FAA on Jan. 7 published a new list of the 50 U.S. airports that will have "buffer zones" around them once 5G C-band services come online later this month. Identification of…
RegulationFAA Authorizes 35 Miles of BVLOS Drone Operations for NUAIR New York-based nonprofit NUAIR (Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance), which manages operations at the New York UAS Test Site, received authorization this week from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for beyond…