ATC

Visitors who arrived at this year’s NBAA Convention on a commercial flight into Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson International Airport might have noticed a much

The Reason Foundation has assembled a group of nine “leading aviation experts”–including former DOT Secretary Jim Burnley, former FAA Administrator Langhor

In a report sent privately to Brazilian officials and airlines, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says Brazil’s military-run ATC system is

In response to ongoing flight service complaints, the FAA recently established a hotline ([888] FLT-SRVC [358-7782]) to track and manage issues with Lockhe

A study commissioned by the NGATS Institute on behalf of the FAA’s JPDO and prepared by the advanced engineering and sciences division of ITT determined th

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) increased the fees it charges for various services on July 1, but it also lowered some fees.

The Colorado Department of Transportation has launched a new technology initiative that will provide enhanced surveillance, and thereby improve access, to

The leadership of Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC) is collapsing under the pressure of international criticism.

The DOD’s Navstar GPS reached a new performance level this year, with 30 satellites in orbit versus its minimum required civil complement of 24.

A satellite navigation backup study commissioned by the JPDO has given eLoran “the highest overall preference rating...particularly in the U.S.” Not yet pu

Although Congress is in recess until September 4, one could be forgiven for thinking otherwise given the continued rhetoric on both sides of the FAA fundin

As an example of how ADS-B installation will work abroad, the Australian government and Airservices Australia, the country’s privatized ATC provider, propo

The FAA yesterday signed an agreement in Anchorage with a consortium of Alaskan aviation organizations to move ahead with the statewide implementation of A

The FAA last week issued the final environmental impact statement for the New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia airspace redesign, a major project that seeks

Every day in Europe, aircraft take to the skies more than 30,000 times, and this summer is predicted to be one of the busiest ever in European airspace.

In April 805,239 flights were recorded in Europe, an increase of 5.6 percent over the same month the previous year.

The European Space Agency (ESA) recently launched the early development phase of the Single European Sky Iris program, a research initiative designed to im

U.S.

Most pilots by now are aware that at some point in the future, today’s ATC system is expected to morph into something called NextGen, Administrator Marion

While most ADS-B installations will be in aircraft, system proponents see the technology being applied in other ways.

In a statement issued July 17, Sen.

National Air Traffic Controllers Association president John Carr said, “Fewer eyes watching busier skies is not a scenario any of us want.

The FAA has expanded its Airspace Flow Program, which gives airlines the option during the peak summer season to accept delays for flights scheduled to fly

Since everyone agrees that rapidly increasing traffic volumes over the next 20 years will demand the FAA’s NextGen solution–or something very similar–it ca

Members of the Transport, Telecommunication and Energy Council of the European Union have accepted a proposal by the European Commission to assume control

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the early development phase of the Single European Sky Iris program, a research initiative designed to improve

Northrop Grumman delivered the first production LN-120G GPS-aided stellar-inertial navigation system to the U.S.

The number of unmanned air vehicles in our skies is growing fast, but there are many regulatory and doctrinal issues to resolve, before UAVs and their grou

United Parcel Service will save millions of dollars a year by introducing technology that is designed to provide improved aircraft spacing for arriving air

The TopFlight satellite communications terminal that Thales launched at last year’s Farnborough airshow will be installed later this year on new-build corp