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…
Air TaxiJoby Aviation Receives FAA and USAF Approval For Second Prototype Aircraft FAA Special Airworthiness Certification and U.S. Air Force Airworthiness Approval were both awarded to Joby Aviation for the company’s second pre-production prototype aircraft. The company achieved an initial (stage 2) signed G-1…
CommercialLatest C-Band 5G Delay Allows AT&T, Verizon to Address Aircraft Radar Altimeter Concerns In statements released Monday, AT&T and Verizon agreed to delay their deployment of C-Band 5G wireless networks by another two weeks in an effort to address concerns over potential signal interference issues…
Air TaxiArcher Aviation Completes First Hover Flight with Maker eVTOL Archer Aviation just announced completion of the first successful hover flight of its Maker aircraft which took place last week on Dec. 16. Archer is one of only a few companies making…
CommercialEuropean and US Regulators Discuss Latest Efforts to Integrate Unmanned Aircraft into Civilian Airspace A live webcast hosted by the Science and Technology Innovation Program (STIP) this week covered regulatory efforts to integrate commercial drones into the existing European and U.S. airspace systems. Discussion centered around…
Air TaxiJoby Aviation eVTOL Ready for FAA Aircraft Conformity Inspection Joby Aviation is on track to begin its first Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aircraft conformity inspection, the latest in a series of flight testing and program advancements shared by the company during…
ATM ModernizationFAA Uses NextGen Software Update to Reduce Taxi Time at Busy Airports The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are ready for the initial roll out of an air traffic system software update designed to significantly improve the pre-departure…
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