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GPS/Cellphone Jammers Also Snarl Aviation Navigation Systems
Several years ago, when satellites were being touted as aviation’s sole means of navigation from takeoff to touchdown, former FAA Administrator Langhorne B
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UAVs pose little threat to civilian pilot jobs
Do UAVs threaten civil pilot careers? That’s the question that AIN posed to several attendees at a recent conference in Montreal, sponsored by industry tra
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Eram Fixes Could Add $500M to FAA’s NextGen Tab
Software problems with the FAA's new, $2.1 billion en route automation modernization (Eram) computer system, originally scheduled to be operational at all
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North Sea Multilateration Goes Live
UK air navigation service provider Nats and lobbying association Oil & Gas UK last month switched their North Sea multilateration system to the “ope
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Board urges traffic alert systems for helo ops
Late last year the NTSB issued recommendations (A-10-124 through -128) in response to the 2009 fatal Hudson River midair between a Piper Lance and a tour h
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GAO: NextGen costs skyrocket
When Congress in 2003 signed off on the Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act–better known as Vision 100–it officially set in motion the Next Generation
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GAO Warns NextGen Costs Could Quadruple
A recent Government Accountability Office (GAO) report to the House Transportation and Infrastructure
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Costly STC Requirements Threaten ADS-B Installations
Under a new FAA rule, ADS-B installation costs will at least double for corporate aircraft and could increase by up to 700 percent for general aviation air
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IG criticizes FAA action on ADS-B
In an October report titled “FAA faces significant risks in implementing the automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast program and realizing benefits,” th
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Plane Finder App Reveals Aircraft Info
Plane Finder AR (augmented reality) iPhone and Android apps from UK-based Pinkfroot display aircraft transmitting ADS-B Out signals.
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ADS-B Gets Green Light from the FAA
Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in the U.S., the FAA gave the go-ahead for the system’s national rollout, with coast-to-coast U.S.
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Jeppesen using RAIM to fine tune RNP
Several elements of the Next Generation Air Transportation System depend on GPS-based area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP).
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Lockheed To Run Flight Service Stations through '13
The FAA has extended for another three years until 2013 the contract it has with Lockheed Martin to run the automated flight service stations that dissemin
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ADS-B deployment provides a proving ground for NextGen
Progress on the FAA’s ambitious NextGen overhaul of the ATC system in the U.S.
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Europe preps for high-altitude regs
The requirement for aircraft flying above FL285 in Europe to have the latest VDLM2 datalink capability begins on Jan.
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ADS-B Gets Green Light, GPS Backup Less Clear
Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in Alaska, the
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Swim–a look inside NextGen’s own future private Intranet
If NextGen were an upcoming movie, Swim–for system-wide information management (Swim)–would get top billing for its leading role, and would certainly pick
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NextGen Included in U.S. Infrastructure Plans
Airport upgrades and the Next Generation Air Traffic System are part of the Obama Administration’s plans to invest more than $50 billion in the U.S.’s tr
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NextGen Challenges Top RTCA Symposium Agenda
Presenters at an RTCA symposium in Washington, D.C., last week warned that the FAA’s ambitious NextGen overhaul of the ATC system in the U.S.
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Airport Congestion Likely for EU VLJs
The latest Eurocontrol traffic projections suggest that capacity constraints for the anticipated growing numbers of very light jets (VLJs) will be at air
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Solar storms pose threat to aircraft nav and com systems
Progression in the development of both aircraft and their systems have made it so that in many cases pilots manage the systems more than they handle the ai
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Eurocontrol: VLJs Can Avoid Airport Capacity Squeeze
The latest Eurocontrol traffic projections suggest that capacity constraints for the anticipated growing numbers of very light jets (VLJs) will be at airpo
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TEB Dalton 19 Departure Now by Pilot Request Only
At last week’s meeting of the Teterboro Users Group, violations of the Dalton Runway 19 departure at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport were a concern.
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Operation Skyshield Remembered 50 Years Later
Tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of Operation Skyshield, one of the largest air drills in U.S.
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NextGen in Obama’s New Infrastructure Plans
President Obama announced in Milwaukee yesterday that airports and the Next Generation Air Traffic System will be part of a more than $50 billion investmen
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Alert Controller Saves Gulfstream IV from Crashing
An alert radar controller monitoring traffic at Shannon air traffic services is credited with helping to prevent a Gulfstream IV-SP from crashing into the
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FAA Adopts ICAO’s ‘Line Up and Wait’ Terminology
Current FAA terminology for an air traffic controller’s instruction for a pilot to taxi onto the runway and await takeoff clearance is “position and hold.”
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GAO, DOT IG Concerned about FAA's NextGen
Each key FAA NextGen project has an individual "metric" to measure how its development is progressing.
