Connected Aerospace

Confronted with a dramatic drop in traffic, European ANSPs see a chance to modernize and rethink air traffic management.

UK air navigation service provider (ANSP) NATS is planning to scale back the use of the transatlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) as new technology enables aircraft to take their own more fuel-efficient route across the ocean.

A South Korean team including an airport operator, air-taxi developer and communications provider has been formed to commercialize urban air mobility in the country beginning in 2025.

Air navigation service providers must maintain their networks and cannot easily furlough controllers during the COVID-19 crisis.

NASA is looking at ways to enable industry to collaborate in maturing technologies for the next narrowbody airliner.

Private equity investor AE Industrial Partners is forming Pangiam, a new portfolio company to provide biometric and other travel security systems to the commercial aviation sector led by a former U.S. Customs & Border Protection chief.

Ongoing concern over the robustness of the GPS system in the U.S. undergirds development of alternative navigation systems for aviation.

British start-up Stratospheric Platforms is developing a hydrogen fuel cell-powered, high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system (UAS) that could provide cellular connectivity to remote areas.

As it moves to offset losses caused by the pandemic, the UK air navigation services provider makes upgrades to its radar infrastructure.

Never have clouds, i.e., internet-based computing, been more welcome in the aerospace and defense industry.

One unexpected bonus of the coronavirus crisis will be a boost for air cargo’s previously slow digital transformation.

MagniX powers Dash 8; Aerion picks BAE; Autoflight unveils eVTOL; Ampaire hybrid plans; LG flies lithium-sulfur; Walmart drone delivery.

Congressional report questions Boeing and FAA handling of pilot-response assumptions that set stage for two fatal MAX accidents.

Supersonic business jet developer Aerion has selected BAE Systems to develop and integrate a fly-by-wire flight control system for the AS2 high-speed aircraft.

Russia develops hybrid; Aerion tunnel tests; German air mobility; UK copter startup; Offshore drone delivery; Amazon, Walmart and drones.

We need to infuse aviation education programs with a comprehensive perspective on human and machine performance.

Limited access to facilities and the suspension of on-site training has delayed the Next-Generation Air Transportation System.

Carriers believe intensified testing can help boost traveler confidence and stimulate demand.

The FAA does not plan to extend the UAS Integration Partnership Program after October.

Passur Aerospace will integrate satellite-based aircraft tracking data from Aireon into its airline and airport operations management platform, the companies announced on July 14.

The FAA and Switzerland’s Federal Office of Civil Aviation sign an accord to advance drone integration standards.

U.S. Military bureaucracy has neglected serious risks to the system and its users for decades.

Satellite communications provider Viasat said July 8 that it has removed internet speed limits for business aviation subscribers to its Ka-band service plans.

FAA’s ConOps for UAM; NASA seeks AAM partners; Europe’s clean R&D plan; Wisk eyes U.S. UAM launch; FAA certifying 12 drones.

Collins Aerospace describes initiatives to safeguard aviation’s VHF-routed data link communications.