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Plans call for opening the new L3 London Training Center near London Gatwick Airport in the second quarter of 2018.

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base carrying the first 10 Iridium Next satellites with ADS-B payloads.

The branches of the European Union government plan to complete negotiations on amending the EASA Basic Regulation to include drones.

Elaine Chao said she's aware of the arguments for and against restructuring the FAA, but she was noncommittal on her position.

The Vanilla Aircraft VA001 landed with more than half of its JP-8 fuel still available for a longer mission.

The exercise at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake in October was one of the largest thus far using teams of small autonomous drones.

Controllers at the Maastricht Upper Area Control Center in the Netherlands take responsibility for high-altitude traffic over northwest Germany.

A regulatory provision allows the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control to withdraw licenses granted to Airbus, Boeing.

The service expects to make a contract award this year for the $16.3 billion acquisition of a new jet trainer and ground-based training system.

The Persian Gulf carrier acquired a 10 percent share of Santiago, Chile-based Latam Airlines Group for $608 million.

The service expects to award a contract for the JStars Recapitalization program engineering and manufacturing development phase in FY2018.

Two years after it merged with Northwest Airlines, Delta deferred the earlier order to 2020 and beyond.

Closer spacing with more efficient routing and operations will help the aviation industry meet environmental goals, Aireon-funded study finds.

The Dubai-based carrier will now take six of the superjumbos in 2018 and six in 2019, postponing the schedule by a year.

The Italian industrial concern acquired the remaining 60 percent of shares in a joint venture that developed the SD-Hero unmanned helicopter.

The jet carrying Brazil’s Chapecoense soccer team ran out of fuel while waiting for clearance to land outside of Medellin, Colombia.

There were fits and starts with both consumer and commercial drones as the FAA's Part 107 regulation brought much needed definition.

The NASA-led UAS Traffic Management (UTM) research effort is shaping the rules and capabilities of this coming low-altitude ecosystem.

Registration is required for drones weighing 250 grams to 55 pounds.

Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc., expects to covert 100 CRJ passenger jets to the freighter version over the life of the program.

The single-engine jet made its maiden flight from St. Louis as industry teams awaited imminent release of the T-X request for proposals.

Airlines and air navigation service providers played key roles in testing performance-based and augmented navigation, optimized descents.

The White House has blocked a Saudi request for precision-guided bombs out of concern for civilian casualties in Yemen. The UK government may follow suit.

The manufacturer said it is relocating the corporate headquarters of its St. Louis-based defense group to be closer to the U.S. capital.

The FAA did not verify that recipients of 5,500 commercial exemptions understood the terms, says Department of Transportation inspector general.

The Philippines flag carrier has placed a firm order for five Q400s with purchase rights for an additional seven aircraft.

Separating the FAA from its responsibility for air traffic control could disrupt progress toward ATC modernization, Melcher says.

Coalition launches 'The Sky's the Limit' campaign to advocate for new flight paths and operational procedures.

The sensor manufacturer plans to improve the range, performance and cost of the pocket-sized surveillance system the British military uses.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently instructed Northrop Grumman to build a second test vehicle.