ATC

The FAA has approved Vaisala’s AviMet PC-based runway visual range (RVR) system for use by FAA ATC facilities in the U.S.

Think working at New York Tracon is a tough job? Try heading down to the Gulf of Mexico, where controllers handle between 5,000 and 9,000 helicopter flight

The FAA last month responded to the RTCA Industry NextGen Implementation Task Force’s recommendations for the transition to NextGen.

Data from the FAA debunks the myth that fractional operators grab most of the holiday slots at the Colorado mountain airports, namely Eagle, Aspen and Rifl

Operators using the newly-activated automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic control and information system in the Gulf of Mexico wil

In one of the strongest signals yet that the Obama Administration has gotten the industry message that the decades-old ATC system is sorely in need of repl

The FAA has responded positively to a report from the RTCA NextGen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force, which the agency had requested to recommend key step

Asia desperately needs political consensus and a framework on how to move forward with air traffic management (ATM) as the U.S.

As part of a strategy to shed its image as a maker of clever but lonely boxes, ITT’s defense segment last month announced a realignment aimed at propelling

Rockwell Collins (Stand U77) is truly in growth mode here in the Asia-Pacific region, where the company continues to invest in strategic alliances and proj

The U.S.

Nobody needs reminding how much debt the U.S.

With a view to guaranteeing interoperability between the FAA’s NextGen air traffic management system (ATM) and the European Union’s Sesar (Single European

With a view to guaranteeing interoperability between the FAA’s NextGen air traffic management system (ATM) and the European Union’s Sesar (Single European

The FAA last week finalized the industry-wide technical standard orders (TSOs) for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), the backbone of Next

On November 19, the FAA’s computerized system for loading flight plans failed, causing widespread traffic delays of up to 90 minutes and some airline flig

Plans to jump-start NextGen equipage by giving preferential treatment for installation of new avionics systems will fundamentally alter the FAA’s “first-co

New FAA regulations took effect last month to sepa

Early this morning the FAA’s computerized system for loading flight plans failed, causing widespread traffic delays of up to 90 minutes and some airline fl

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Empire Aviation Group (EAG) has announced plans for “Lifestyle@Empire,” an extension to the comp

While focused on delivering geared turbofan (GTF) engines for the new Mitsubishi MRJ and Bombardier C Series, Pratt & Whitney is turning its attention

Department of Transportation inspector general Calvin Scovel III told a congressional panel yesterday that a plan to jump start NextGen ATC equipage by use

Yesterday, NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen told members of the House subcommittee on aviation that general aviation “remains steadfast in its support of mo

One of the traditional buzz phrases in discussions about improving ATC has been the time-honored “system of systems” that envisions a National Airspace Sys

The FAA has commissioned the first implementation of a new generation of precision runway monitor (PRM) equipment at Detroit/Wayne Airport (DTW), to permit

The pilots of the Northwest Airlines Flight 188 that