ATC

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

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FAA Approves Rannoch asFlight-tracking Data Provider

The FAA has approved Rannoch as a class-1 provider of ASDI (aircraft situational display to industry) data, adding the company to the list of services that
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A global perspective on RNP: A joint Eurocontrol and FAA meeting addressed the ever-evolving concept of performance-based navigation

Performance-based navigation was identified in ICAO’s Future Air Navigation System concept of the early 1990s, which defined required navigation performanc
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GAO: ATC soft for attackers

A recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asserts that certain FAA ATC systems are vulnerable to attack by “disgruntled current or fo
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Myths and facts enshrouding the FAA’s STMP slot program

“We use the standard slot system like everyone else,” said a NetJets official in response to an AIN inquiry about how the frax operator gets slots u
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FAA Addressing Snowbird Congestion

With input from NBAA, the FAA has taken steps it hopes will reduce air traffic congestion between the Northeast and Florida.
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FAA initiates cost study of nationwide ADS-B

The FAA’s top-level Joint Resources Council (JRC) has called for the estimated cost of a nationwide, GPS-based, automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast
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'Virtual' Radar available in Europe

There is no question that ATC radar is expensive.
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Air Routing Approved for Direct ATC Input

The FAA has approved handling agent Air Routing International to file and amend business aircraft flight plans directly with the agency’s Host ATC system.
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European ATC Communication Errors

Eurocontrol and other aviation stakeholders across Europe have agreed on the outline of a plan to address ATC communications safety issues.
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No STMP for NBAA Convention

Traditionally, the FAA has implemented a Special Traffic Management Program (STMP) for operations at NBAA Convention airports.
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Honeywell Calls for Closer U.S./EU Cooperation on ATM Modernization

Honeywell is calling for greater cooperationbetween the U.S.
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ADS-B Traffic and Weather Services Make East Coast Debut

Pilots flying with ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) avionics are getting theopportunity to test the traffic and weather datalink service
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FAA study compares U.S. and foreign ATC

The FAA recently concluded a study that compares the productivity and cost-effectiveness of select U.S.
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FAA ATC Staffing Plans Come Under Scrutiny

The DOT Office of Inspector General plans to begin an audit of the FAA’s initiatives to address ATC staffing levels on September 7.
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With LAAS in limbo, FAA buys more ILSs

The FAA is expected to announce a major ILS contract award within the next 90 days, according to agency insiders.
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Challenger 600 gets glass

In a first for an avionics installer, Duncan Aviation has certified and installed the Universal Avionics EFI-890R retrofit cockpit system in a customer Cha
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Two Cities Provide RVSM Height Monitoring

Just two locations–Atlantic City, N.J., and Wichita–are in service to provide ground-based aircraft height monitoring to meet RVSM altitude-performance req
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GAO, NATCA Spar over Privatized ATC

A Government Accountability Office study of five foreign air navigation service providers, including Nav Canada, found that since “commercialization,” all
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MAC Recommends Tracon Consolidation

The FAA’s industry-government Management Advisory Council (MAC) is recommending that the agency take several steps to save money, including consolidating s
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Collins’s Latest Satcom Makes Debut Aboard Global 5000

Rockwell Collins’s new SAT-6100 satellite communication system made its world debut aboard the Bombardier Global 5000 at the Paris Air Show last month.
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Inter-agency financing debate could delay progress on loran

They say that politics makes for strange bedfellows.
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Inmarsat conference addresses future of in-flight communication

The six-ton I-4 communications satellite Inmarsat launched in late March has taken over satcom transmission routing responsibility from the previous I-3 sa
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Hangar Flying: SATS Progress Report

SATS, the small aircraft transportation system research program funded jointly by industry and government, concludes later this year, five years after it s
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UK Pegs Majority of Bizav ATC Errors

New data by UK ATC provider NATS shows that business jets are more likely than others to be involved in certain types of safety incident.
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DOT readies for more congestion and delays

With Transportation Department Inspector General Kenneth Mead predicting the busiest summer travel season in six years, the Senate aviation subcommittee ha
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GA Leaders To Advise on Future ATC System

Leaders of several general aviation groups have been named to help the FAA Joint Planning and Development Office create a next generation air transportatio
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CBAA defends Nav Canada’s ATC user fees

As discussions about user fees in the U.S.
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FAA Tests New Type of TrafficCollision Alerting System

The FAA has completed the first round of flight testing of a unique traffic collision avoidance system that combines automatic dependent surveillance-broad
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FAA DecommissionsMore than 200 NDB Approaches

In a cost-cutting move, the FAA last month decommissioned 216 NDB approaches across the U.S.
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DFW Tracon Bosses Covered ATC Errors

The Inspector General (IG) of the Transportation Department has found that managers at the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Tracon systematically covered up operati