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

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'NowGen' ATC changes could speed up FAA's NextGen plan

Two recent ATC conferences underscore the various points of view about the most efficient ways to implement the next generation of air transportation, eith

ATC

July 8, 2008

New Alliance Plans To Help Usher In NextGen ATC

The Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation (ASAT) was publicly launched late last week at a Florida summit on global climate change in Miami.

ATC

July 8, 2008

Natca blasts controller hiring plan

The issue of controller staffing is intensifying the long-running debate between the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca).

ATC

July 7, 2008

Galileo’s ‘early services’ a bid to stimulate market

Last year was a challenging time for Galileo, Europe’s fledgling global navigation satellite system (GNSS).

ATC

July 7, 2008

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Europe takes big step toward a single sky

On May 6, a long-term solution to Europe’s air traffic control congestion problems came a giant step closer with the launch of the Single European Sky (SES

ATC

July 7, 2008

Russian optics on display place focus on civil realm

Urals Optical Mechanical Plant (UOMZ) is presenting its new SON-730 optical observation system here at Farnborough International (Hall 1 Stand B13), showin

ATC

July 7, 2008

DRVSM deadline has the industry hopping

With the Dec.

ATC

June 30, 2008

DOT’s Congestion Plan Gets Cool Reception

The Transportation Department’s plan to manage congestion at New York’s three area airports drew criticism from industry witnesses and members of Congress

ATC

June 24, 2008

Getting bizav into the CDM loop

Collaborative decision-making (CDM), the effort instituted by the FAA and the airlines to reroute traffic each day away from anticipated weather trouble sp

ATC

June 20, 2008

Duncan is focused on RVSM compliance

Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., reports it is developing a number of products and services including more emphasis on its ambitious reduced vertical sepa

ATC

June 20, 2008

ISS developing RVSM for six more bizplanes

Innovative Solutions & Support continues its aggressive certification schedule of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) equipment for a wide rang

ATC

June 18, 2008

DayJet, FAA To Jointly Prove NextGen Technologies

Very light jet air-taxi operator DayJet today signed an agreement with the FAA to start a five-year, phased implementation of proven NextGen technologies t

Charter & Fractional

June 10, 2008

Natca Endorses Obama for President

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) late last week endorsed Sen.

ATC

June 10, 2008

U.S., Europe plan for next-gen systems

In a briefing sponsored by the Flight Safety Foundation in Wash- ington last month, David McMillan, director general of Eurocontrol, told aviation media th

ATC

June 9, 2008

Washington Report: FAA plans changes for error reporting

In response to a report by the Transportation Department’s inspector general (IG) that revealed intentional misclassification of operational errors at the

ATC

June 9, 2008

FMS limitations leave some operators unable to use LPVs

Although WAAS LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches have been popping up at airports around the U.S.

ATC

June 2, 2008

Eurocontrol to test VLJ airspace access

Looking ahead to the introduction of very light jets (VLJs) into its airspace over the next 10 years, Eurocontrol has established two initiatives to unders

ATC

June 2, 2008

Datalink decisions are urgent, but true consensus is lacking

A recent FAA briefing note concluded, “The future of ATC is all about data communications,” and government and industry officials, both in the U.S.

ATC

May 29, 2008

Future approaches to usher in an entire new set of acronyms

Before GPS, approach classifications were cut and dried–they were either precision (ILS) or nonprecision approaches.

ATC

May 29, 2008

Boeing’s ATC initiative offers enhanced security, capacity

When Boeing rolled out its new ATC management system last summer, a satellite-based arrangement that takes a significantly different direction from the FAA

ATC

May 29, 2008

ATC

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

Latest

'NowGen' ATC changes could speed up FAA's NextGen plan

Two recent ATC conferences underscore the various points of view about the most efficient ways to implement the next generation of air transportation, eith

New Alliance Plans To Help Usher In NextGen ATC

The Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation (ASAT) was publicly launched late last week at a Florida summit on global climate change in Miami.

Natca blasts controller hiring plan

The issue of controller staffing is intensifying the long-running debate between the FAA and the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca).

Galileo’s ‘early services’ a bid to stimulate market

Last year was a challenging time for Galileo, Europe’s fledgling global navigation satellite system (GNSS).

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Europe takes big step toward a single sky

On May 6, a long-term solution to Europe’s air traffic control congestion problems came a giant step closer with the launch of the Single European Sky (SES

Russian optics on display place focus on civil realm

Urals Optical Mechanical Plant (UOMZ) is presenting its new SON-730 optical observation system here at Farnborough International (Hall 1 Stand B13), showin

DRVSM deadline has the industry hopping

With the Dec.

DOT’s Congestion Plan Gets Cool Reception

The Transportation Department’s plan to manage congestion at New York’s three area airports drew criticism from industry witnesses and members of Congress

Getting bizav into the CDM loop

Collaborative decision-making (CDM), the effort instituted by the FAA and the airlines to reroute traffic each day away from anticipated weather trouble sp

Duncan is focused on RVSM compliance

Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., reports it is developing a number of products and services including more emphasis on its ambitious reduced vertical sepa

ISS developing RVSM for six more bizplanes

Innovative Solutions &amp; Support continues its aggressive certification schedule of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) equipment for a wide rang

DayJet, FAA To Jointly Prove NextGen Technologies

Very light jet air-taxi operator DayJet today signed an agreement with the FAA to start a five-year, phased implementation of proven NextGen technologies t

Natca Endorses Obama for President

The National Air Traffic Controllers Association (Natca) late last week endorsed Sen.

U.S., Europe plan for next-gen systems

In a briefing sponsored by the Flight Safety Foundation in Wash- ington last month, David McMillan, director general of Eurocontrol, told aviation media th

Washington Report: FAA plans changes for error reporting

In response to a report by the Transportation Department’s inspector general (IG) that revealed intentional misclassification of operational errors at the

FMS limitations leave some operators unable to use LPVs

Although WAAS LPV (lateral precision with vertical guidance) approaches have been popping up at airports around the U.S.

Eurocontrol to test VLJ airspace access

Looking ahead to the introduction of very light jets (VLJs) into its airspace over the next 10 years, Eurocontrol has established two initiatives to unders

Datalink decisions are urgent, but true consensus is lacking

A recent FAA briefing note concluded, “The future of ATC is all about data communications,” and government and industry officials, both in the U.S.

Future approaches to usher in an entire new set of acronyms

Before GPS, approach classifications were cut and dried–they were either precision (ILS) or nonprecision approaches.

Boeing’s ATC initiative offers enhanced security, capacity

When Boeing rolled out its new ATC management system last summer, a satellite-based arrangement that takes a significantly different direction from the FAA

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Innovative Solutions & Support continues its aggressive certification schedule of reduced vertical separation minimums (RVSM) equipment for a wide rang