ATC

Just when many thought loran was dead, it is coming back, albeit in a different guise.

March 3 is the final date by which the user community can file its comments on the FAA’s Oct.

A Lufthansa Boeing 737 recently became the first aircraft to use Mode S capability to transmit its radar identification (flight ID), without the use of sec

Visiting Honeywell’s new corporate AW139 medium-twin helicopter at the AgustaWestland booth (No.

To streamline the application process for air traffic controllers, the FAA has created consolidated screening and testing centers to provide “one-stop shop

The FAA last month approved GPS wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) LPV instrument approach criteria for helicopters, opening the floodgates for the new l

In 2005 Sikorsky selected Thales’ TopDeck avionics suite to equip the S-76D.

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) announced it will issue revised standards for helicopter navigation this fall that are intended to tak

Asia is a prime potential market for Selex Systemi Integrati’s turnkey capability in air defense systems, air traffic management and airport communications

At Tuesday’s Annual Industry Review and Market Outlook, GAMA president and CEO Pete Bunce reiterated business aviation’s call for the government to drop th

Singapore concluded bilateral “Open Skies” agreements (OSAs) with Denmark, Sweden and Norway late last month.

Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) has emerged as what many describe as the surveillance technology of the future, but Asia Pacific air nav

Loran will continue, and be modernized, according to the recently released U.S.

The Transportation Department inspector general announced last month that the office will audit controller workload at the major ATC facilities in the Chic

With the major airlines toppling in all directions, and the opportunities there for young pilots diminishing rapidly, maybe thinking about a different care

Last October and November, a procession of UPS Boeing 767s experimented with a new type of approach to their home base at Louisville International Airport

Foreign business aircraft operators are enjoying somewhat easier access to Chinese airspace, at least between the country’s major cities.

When the high-altitude redesign (HAR) portion of the FAA’s national airspace redesign program begins initial implementation this year, it will signal the b

The FAA awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin last month that will add a third leased geostationary satellite to the two existing satellites used for the w

Most corporate pilots know how TCAS operates and what it does, but fewer are familiar with ADS-B.

The Avidyne Entegra avionics system–particularly the revolutionary left-side primary flight display (PFD)–is new territory for most piston pilots.

Once the ATC system began to recover from the 1981 Professional Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) strike and the demand for services once more began to rise,

The FAA recently codified into Parts 91 and 93 flight restrictions that have been in effect “temporarily” (for 10 years) in the vicinity of Niagara Falls a

Honeywell has started demonstrating an optional software upgrade to its enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS) that is intended to curb runway in

On Saturday, Boca Raton, Fla.-based DayJet reached its 100th day since starting per-seat on-demand service in the Southeast with its fleet of 28 Eclipse 50

Honeywell late last week received FAA designation as a consultant for Required Navigation Performance Special Aircraft and Aircrew Authorization Required (

In the last couple of years the concept of portable cockpit computers has caught on in a big way.

Just like Paul Revere’s midnight ride to warn of the incoming British, the Canadian Business Aviation Association is signaling to its troops that RVSM is c

While the GPS wide-area augmentation system (WAAS) is likely to be commissioned for public use in July, the local-area augmentation system (LAAS) has falle

One of the FAA’s less publicized programs to increase airport capacity is the gradual introduction of the precision runway monitor (PRM).