Safety, Ops & Regulation

Bell Textron’s Bell 505 helicopter received airworthiness certification from the Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority. It is the sixth country in Africa

A group of 62 environmental organizations wants the FAA to abandon plans to establish takeoff and landing noise standards for civil supersonic aircraft.

Bombardier is changing its Safety Stand Down 2020 into a virtual event because of health and safety concerns in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

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

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

Scandinavia and Canada have led the way in researching better methods for quantifying anticipated runway braking action.

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

When COVID-19 cases began to appear in some number in Wuhan, China, in January, Icelandic health officials moved quickly and decisively, focusing on

Daher has selected Elliott Aviation in Moline, Illinois, to install Garmin’s emergency autoland system on TBM 940 turboprops delivered in the U.S. in 2019 and the first half of 2020.

COVID-19 has slowed the FAA’s 17-year march toward airspace modernization.

The FAA will essentially have a new system for managing high-altitude air traffic once upgrades to the current En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system are completed in 2025, the Transportation Department inspector general reports.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a shift in the public’s perception of business jets away from a luxury product and to a safe and efficient alternative to commercial airlines, according to Asian charter operator Sino Jet.

Much attention has been given to the FAA’s clampdown on illicit charter and “damp” dry leases, two of the main schemes that are used to circumvent the

Embraer has launched a Medevac version of its Phenom 300 light jet called the Phenom 300MED for civil and government applications.

Garmin and French manufacturer Daher on Aug. 3 announced European and FAA certification of Garmin’s Autoland system on the TBM 940 single-engine turboprop.

A UK Department for Transport-sponsored research program has chosen several companies to participate in the development of an open-access unmanned aircraft traffic management (UTM) system.

Swiss artificial-intelligence (AI) start-up Daedalean has launched a project in partnership with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to develop the first guidance for the certification of machine learning in safety-critical applications onboard aircraft.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) said he has placed a hold on the renomination of Michael O'Rielly to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over the agency’s controversial order granting Ligado Networks spectrum near GPS frequencies.

Garmin on July 27 said that aviation applications were among the company’s web-based platforms returning to service following a cyberattack four days earlier.

The FCC has endangered a national treasure by allowing high-power terrestrial transmitters in the band of frequencies that includes GPS.

Several European aviation groups have combined with EASA in an effort to strengthen assurance of a consistent travel experience for passengers during

Daher has earned FAA and European Union Aviation Safety Agency certification of Garmin’s emergency autoland system, called HomeSafe, on its TBM 940 turboprop.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published proposed airworthiness standards that are designed to help facilitate flights of light unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) over populated areas.

ATP Flight School, based in Jacksonville, Florida, has renewed an order with Piper Aircraft for 100 training aircraft and has taken delivery of six new Piper Archer TX trainers as part of the order.