ATC

Latest ABAG Yearbook reveals an overall slow-down in Brazil’s general aviation activity, but increases in private aviation and training.

The defense contractor plans to sell or spin-off its government IT and technical services businesses, including air traffic management.

The 'Iris Precursor' program aims to support initial 4D flight-path control by satellite by 2018.

Operators claim mandate could ground fleets

With European Union co-funding, €650 million in public and private investment will be applied to begin air traffic management modernization.

Comments are now due September 8.

A proposed fundamental change of the U.S. ATC organizational structure could come this fall in FAA reauthorization legislation.

The U.S. is responsible for ATC services over the domestic U.S. and certain areas beyond.

The deployment program charts the transition from research and development to implementation of the Single European Sky effort.

Recommends that volcanic ash forecasts should be presented in the form of a zoning system that depicts areas of low, medium and high concentrations

Tower was quickly evacuated and will remain shut pending the results of air sampling tests.

Voluntary 18-month pilot program allows FAA employees to identify safety concerns without fear of retaliation.

Controllers can now track aircraft in oceanic airspace east and west of Australia using automatic dependent surveillance-contract.

The audit is intended to address concerns about the effectiveness of a new hiring process implemented last year.

The two are studying the possibility of deploying ADS-B for New Zealand and Auckland FIRs.

A single African sky approach is key to improvements.

Range of suppliers say that 15-minute standard is doable as future GADSS system is developed.

TV signals can pinpoint aircraft accurately enough to meet the standard ATC separation requirements, according to a recent study.

The plan was designed to reduce the number of intermediate altitude level-offs.

A recent FAA notice offers guidance on the expansion of 3-nm separation in airspace below FL180 up to and including FL230.

The linkup marks a milestone in the effort to create a system of satellite-based ADS-B receivers in each of Iridium’s 66 next generation satellites.

The biggest challenge to imagined interoperability could be governments protecting their own systems.

Germany's DFS announced a contract with Frequentis that will make Saarbrücken Airport the country's first remote-controlled airport.

Should congestion build, arriving aircraft can expect ground delays or ground stops, in-trail restrictions and collaborative trajectory programs.

After a two-year test period, the text-based cockpit communication system will serve more than 50 U.S. airports by the end of next year.

Maastricht air traffic control center makes progress in efficiency but faces slow progress in wider European ATM cooperation

Monetary incentives are being set up to encourage airports to publish LPV approaches and operators to equip with receivers.

May 19 hearing on FAA reauthorization covers air traffic control modernization and reform.

Details are scarce, but momentum grows for separating ATC from the FAA.

Europe’s navigation satellite agency offering monetary incentives to airports and airlines