Kerry Lynch stepped into the role of editor of the&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;monthly magazine in May 2022 after serving with&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;for eight years. She joined&nbsp;AIN&nbsp;in December 2014 as a senior editor covering Washington and business aviation news. She has also served on Convention News teams, including as editor of&nbsp;HAI Convention News. Lynch previously spent 25 years with Aviation Week. During her time there, she reported for and later steered&nbsp;The Weekly of Business Aviation, oversaw business aviation content on the&nbsp;Aviation Week Intelligence Network, served on the&nbsp;Show News&nbsp;staff, and held roles as the Washington columnist for&nbsp;Business &amp; Commercial Aviation&nbsp;and&nbsp;Overhaul &amp; Maintenance&nbsp;monthly magazines. In 2021 she was honored with the National Business Aviation Association Platinum Wing Award for lifetime achievement in journalism and was the 2004 recipient of the National Air Transportation Association’s Aviation Journalism Excellence Award. She also has been a recipient of an Aerospace Media Award for business aviation (2022) and NBAA Gold Wing Award (2003, 2024). Lynch graduated from The Ohio State University with a bachelor of arts in journalism.

Editor, AIN monthly magazine

Kerry Lynch

The FAA has extended a partnership with Solace as the agency modernizes its System Wide Information Management (SWIM) national data network. SWIM distributes real-time flight plans, surveillance data, weather information, and airspace notices to operators, the Department of Defense, air navigation service providers, and the flying public.
Solace, which has supported SWIM through its real-time data platform since 2011, is providing enhanced SWIM cloud services that improve bidirectional data flow and enable the agency’s data partners to publish data back into SWIM and participate in collaborative decision-making. Other enhancements include replacing Microsoft Word-file documentation with machine-readable APIs built on the AsyncAPI standard, making it easier for authorized users to access data streams.
The bidirectional event streams set the stage for AI decision support and data sharing in the future, Solace said, adding this enables flight-path optimization tools to use real-time aviation data streams.
“When data moves in real time across the world's busiest airspace, there is no margin for error. We are proud the FAA trusts Solace to help power that infrastructure, enabling the future of safe and effective air navigation services,” said Solace chief technology officer Joshua Carroll.

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

FAA Modernizing SWIM Data with Solace Contract Extension

Solace is providing Enhanced SWIM Cloud Services 

FAA is updating its SWIM data service under a contract extension with long-time provider Solace.

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News and issues relating to business, corporate and private aviation, primarily regarding turbine-engine-powered airplanes and helicopters. Subjects include aircraft, engines, maintenance, operations, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security, and training.

$30 billion request is almost a $10 billion increase over original ask

Duffy: U.S. Needs Another $30B To Fund New ATC, Airports

Curt Epstein

ATC outage was caused by an accidental cable cutting

Construction Accident Cripples Northeast Air Traffic

Charles Alcock

New developments at airports including regulations and noise issues; legal disputes; openings, acquisitions and mergers.

Thousands of commercial airline flights were canceled on Tuesday and Wednesday

Bizav Traffic Impacted by UK Air Traffic Control Failure 

KDCA and KEWR receive SMR-4 installations, while IDIQ AT&T covers coms

FAA Installs Surface Radars at Key Airports and Awards $74.3M to AT&T

Hanneke Weitering

Issues regarding financing of aircraft; aviation insurance; tax issues for aircraft operators; new companies and people in the aviation financing and insurance industries.

News about bills, laws, regulations and other governmental decisions affecting aviation and aerospace. Topics include FAA re-authorizations, taxes on fuel and aviation activities, environmental legislation, ICAO decisions, governmental mediation of labor conflicts and World Trade Organization disputes and decisions.

Milestone covers the software that talks to air traffic control

Merlin Clears a Certification Hurdle for AI in the Cockpit

Charlotte Bailey

News and issues relating to civil and military unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) of all kinds and sizes, including those used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), combat (unmanned combat air vehicles, or UCAVs), law enforcement, research and other applications. Of particular focus is the FAA's planned integration of UAS into the U.S. national airspace system.

Honeywell-led consortium to consider advanced air mobility integration

Verti-Go Initiative to Lead European Airspace Update

NASA controllers used existing tools to manage simulated autonomous traffic

Wisk Tests 1:3 Supervisor Ratio for Autonomous Flight

Amy Wilder

News and issues concerning general aviation, specifically airplanes and helicopters powered by piston and alternative engines (i.e., non-turbine powered aircraft). Subjects include aircraft, engines, personnel, acquisitions, accidents, safety, security and training.

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