ATC

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

Honeywell SmartPath is a ground-based GPS augmentation system that supports p
Sep 26, 2011 - 7:48 AM
U.S. Commerce Department Forms NextGen Vendors Group
The U.S.
Sep 20, 2011 - 11:27 AM
UK Plans Dedicated Airspace for Bizav at 2012 Olympics
The UK’s National Air Traffic Services proposed a new airspace structure specifically to accommodate business aviation during the 2012 Olympic Games in Lon
The Engage Corridor Project’s first trial flight of an Air Canada A330 on Aug
Sep 2, 2011 - 11:15 AM
North Atlantic Trials Demonstrate Fuel, Emissions Reductions
Flight trials to demonstrate new procedures intended to improve fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of international flights crossing
Aug 31, 2011 - 3:30 AM
FltPlan Flight Privacy Program Exposes Tangled FAA Policy
In the days and weeks leading up to the <a href="v">August 2 changes that eliminated the Block Aircraft Registration Request (Barr) program</a>, which for
Momentum is gathering for unmanned aircraft to operate in U.S. civil airspace
Aug 29, 2011 - 7:20 AM
Pilots, Controllers Urge Safe Integration of Unmanned Aircraft
Air transport industry groups accept the inevitability of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in civil airspace.
Air traffic controllers at Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Center
Aug 29, 2011 - 7:15 AM
Study: Sesar Benefits Depend on Timely Deployment
The economic, environmental and efficiency gains promised under the Single European Sky ATM Research (Sesar) program are “extremely sensitive” to timely im
Aug 29, 2011 - 5:05 AM
Gulf Outage Exposes ADS-B Oversight Vulnerability
The loss of service from automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) stations in the Gulf of Mexico last summer exposed the risk inherent in the FAA
Aug 26, 2011 - 7:10 AM
Unmanned Aircraft in U.S. Airspace is Inevitable
GA representatives accept the inevitability of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in civil airspace, but urge their safe introduction.
Aug 23, 2011 - 11:15 AM
Unmanned Aircraft Flying in U.S. Airspace ‘Inevitable’
General aviation industry representatives accept the inevitability of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) flying in civil airspace, though they urge a go-safel
Aug 16, 2011 - 7:12 AM
Boeing To Participate in Russian Airport Overhaul
Boeing announced today at the Moscow Air Show that it has signed memoranda of understanding (MOU) with Russia’s Basel Aero Company, operator of Sochi Airpo