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Nav Canada, UK NATS and Air France completed a flight series designed to test optimal flight profiles over the North Atlantic.

Arinc Direct presents a robust suite of international-trip and flight-planning software and communications connectivity.

Boeing’s X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on October 17, completing its third and longest test mission.

Windows-based software helps designers rapidly prototype new safety displays for modern flight decks.

Eurocontrol has published a “generic protocol” that airport stakeholders can follow to jointly manage airport noise and emissions issues.

The U.S. Navy awarded Pratt & Whitney a contract modification on October 14 for a seventh low-rate initial production lot of F135 engines.

The U.S. will expand its customs pre-clearance locations overseas, according to Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson.

Bell is offering the V-280 Valor tiltrotor while the Boeing-Sikorsky team is pitching the SB-1 Defiant, based on Sikorsky's X2 tech demonstrator.

The fire-control radar of the AH-64E Guardian will be enhanced to work in the littoral environment close to shore, among other upgrades.

The manufacturer secured a $44.2 million contract to install a weapon system on 17 single-engine MD530Fs.

The study compares U.S. ATC system to that in Canada, the UK and other European countries.

U.S. authorities are set to begin screening travelers arriving from West Africa for the Ebola virus.

The FAA is "communicating clearly and unequivocally" that it will not extend the deadline for the next major milestone toward NextGen.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration says it has no choice but to cut the services it provides or raise more money over the next decade.

The value of the contract could be as high as $72 million.

The report from the Pentagon's inspector general relies on outdated information, contends the Air Force.

The number of applicants seeking to operate unmanned aircraft by exemption is increasing.

FAA certification is expected shortly and first deliveries should start by year-end.

The FAA is processing a good portion of the average traffic at O'Hare and Midway, the two airports immediately affected by the fire.

The single-engine turboprop will be used to provide light air support, reconnaissance and training capabilities to the Afghanistan military.

The service is adding mission systems for the new maritime surveillance aircraft.

Officers are now developing procedures for simultaneous operation of three and four UAS.

The service will provide search-and-rescue organizations with the location and last flight track of any 1090 MHz ADS-B transponder-equipped aircraft.

The bank helps finance exports of American-made products, including airplanes and helicopters.

The Navy is still seeking sources for an "organic, sea-based unmanned aerial system."

More than 80 of the aircraft have been grounded since cracks were discovered in the canopy sill longerons this summer.

Modifying the F-35C Joint Strike Fighter is part of what the U.S. Navy wants to discuss with contractors in a series of “technical interchange meetings."

Of 48 “nonconformances" ID'd by the DOD inspector general, four remain to be addressed.

Trials on the NASA Ikhana Predator B are slated to begin in November.

With the completion of the PDR, the program advances to critical design review, moving closer to manufacturing the system.