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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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November 30, 2010

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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November 29, 2010

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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October 27, 2010

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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October 27, 2010

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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October 18, 2010

Garmin unleashes G5000 cockpit

Garmin, the Olathe, Kan.

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October 18, 2010

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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October 14, 2010

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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October 13, 2010

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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October 13, 2010

ADS-B Gets Green Light, GPS Backup Less Clear

Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in Alaska, the <link news/single-news-page/article/ads-b-making-life-easier-for-gulf-helicopter-pilots-2

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October 7, 2010

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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October 1, 2010

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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September 30, 2010

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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September 28, 2010

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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September 28, 2010

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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September 28, 2010

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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September 23, 2010