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Rockwell Collins Taps FlightApps for FOS Support

Avionics manufacturer Rockwell Collins has selected FlightApps of San Francisco to deliver supplemental services.

October 10, 2011

Contractors Eye Data Comm Program as Standards Evolve

The competition is under way to provide air-ground data communications in U.S. domestic airspace

October 10, 2011

Southwest Airlines’ RNP Operations Progressing Slowly

Southwest Airlines’ ambitious fleetwide implementation of required navigation performance (RNP) operations is making slow progress

October 3, 2011

UK Plans Dedicated Airspace for 2012 Olympics

The UK’s National Air Traffic Services is proposing to establish a new airspace structure specifically to accommodate business aviation during the period a

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October 1, 2011

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Charter Demand Dips Below 2010 Levels

Through the start of September, demand for charter flights was 15 to 25 points higher than during the same period in 2010, according to the forward-looking

October 1, 2011

FAA Gives LightSquared More Testing Time, on Its Alternate Frequency

To the puzzlement of the GPS community and independent radio propagation experts, the FCC ruled on September 13 that LightSquared should conduct further te

October 1, 2011

AIN Blog: Iridium Declares Goal To ‘Own’ the Cockpit

With a narrower pipe but greater reach for voice and data than its rival Inmarsat, the Iridium satellite network is becoming increasingly relevant for airc

September 27, 2011

Next-gen Iridium Satellites Might Carry ADS-B Payloads

Satellite communications provider Iridium is in discussions with other aerospace companies and air navigation service providers to equip its next generatio

September 27, 2011

U.S. Commerce Department Forms NextGen Vendors Group

The U.S.

September 26, 2011

UK Plans Dedicated Airspace for Bizav at 2012 Olympics

The UK’s National Air Traffic Services proposed a new airspace structure specifically to accommodate business aviation during the 2012 Olympic Games in Lon

September 20, 2011

North Atlantic Trials Demonstrate Fuel, Emissions Reductions

Flight trials to demonstrate new procedures intended to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of international flights crossing

September 2, 2011

FltPlan Flight Privacy Program Exposes Tangled FAA Policy

In the days and weeks leading up to the August 2 changes that eliminated the Block Aircraft Registration Request (Barr) program, which for

August 31, 2011

Gulf Outage Exposes ADS-B Oversight Vulnerability

The loss of service from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) stations in the Gulf of Mexico last summer exposed the risk inherent in the FAA

August 29, 2011

Pilots, Controllers Urge Safe Integration of Unmanned Aircraft

Air transport industry groups accept the inevitability of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in civil airspace.

August 29, 2011

Study: Sesar Benefits Depend on Timely Deployment

The economic, environmental and efficiency gains promised under the Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar) program are “extremely sensitive” to timely im

August 29, 2011

Unmanned Aircraft in U.S. Airspace is Inevitable

GA representatives accept the inevitability of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in civil airspace, but urge their safe introduction.

August 26, 2011

Unmanned Aircraft Flying in U.S. Airspace ‘Inevitable’

General aviation industry representatives accept the inevitability of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in civil airspace, though they urge a go-safel

August 23, 2011

Boeing To Participate in Russian Airport Overhaul

Boeing announced today at the Moscow Air Show that it has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Russia’s Basel Aero Company, operator of Sochi Airpo

August 16, 2011

IG: FAA Oversight of ADS-B System at Risk

The U.S.

August 15, 2011

Temporary Deal Is Brokered on FAA Funding

Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced this afternoon that Congress has reached a bipartisan compromise that will allow temporary funding of

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