The new NOTAM reporting format for field conditions integrates well with the Runway Condition Assessment Matrix.

Contaminated runways are “normal daily life” at Norwegian airports.

Safety margins on wintry runways remain thin, and every landing needs the flight crew’s utmost attention and error-free performance.

The FAA has awarded $3.29 million in grants to its unmanned aircraft systems center of excellence, a coalition led by Mississippi State University.

Japanese electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing start-up SkyDrive is looking at launching an air taxi service in 2023 in either Osaka or Tokyo, with initial flights over the sea, CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in an interview with the Japan Times.

During the first six months of 2020, business and general aviation avionics sales declined 23.6% from the same time a year ago due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, reversing three consecutive years of growth, the Aircraft Electronics Association says. 

Israeli company Percepto says its Sparrow small unmanned aircraft system for industrial applications now features an integral parachute that meets FAA requirements.

Engineered Propulsion Systems (EPS) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Western District of Wisconsin, while Chinese and “other foreign interests” are poised to buy the company’s assets and intellectual property.