Air Traffic Management

By Thierry Dubois
Typical Level 1 applications could include flight control law optimization, sensor calibration, fuel tank quantity evaluation and icing detection.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Alan Dron
European airlines, trade unions and air traffic control bodies fear that shortages of ATC capacity over the continent will continue for the foreseeable future.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
The flight-test campaign marked beginning of an effort to integrate various components of automation into an aircraft to build up to true end-to-end autonomy.
Emerging Technologies

By Thierry Dubois
Demonstrators built under Clean Sky 2, the project’s predecessor, were exhibited at the annual forum as a source of motivation.
Emerging Technologies

By Ben Goldstein
Eve Air Mobility has chosen the name Vector for its in-development urban air traffic management solution, with first deliveries now planned for 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Bill Carey
Spanish companies will use a microsatellite built by Kongsberg NanoAvionics to test their planned space-based air traffic management (ATM) system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
Using satellites for radio communications over oceans promises air traffic management efficiencies.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
After years of negotiations, a tentative deal on European airspace reforms has been reached, but airlines say it is a missed opportunity.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Darwin will develop digital assistants to enable extended minimum-crew operations in cruise.
Emerging Technologies

By Graham Warwick
Wisk Aero has updated its concept of operations for autonomous urban air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Thierry Dubois
Florian Guillermet, CEO of French ATC organization DSNA, will have more responsibilities as head of the European Union Aviation Safety Association.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Flights in Europe exceeded 1 million in a month for the first time post-pandemic but extreme weather in the region affected operations.
Airports & Networks

By Thierry Dubois
Leidos UK is continuing to improve its Intelligent Approach tool; the idea is to help airports accommodate more takeoffs and landings per hour.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
The diversity of use cases for uncrewed traffic management requires a new approach to prioritizing airspace access.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Richard Maslen
The true nature of the UK aviation industry cannot be visualised more clearly than in this video produced this week by air traffic service provider NATS, effectively a guided tour to some of what makes UK aviation work.
Airports & Networks