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May 25, 2009
Can the Number of Bird Strikes be Reduced?
On January 15, 2009, a US Airways Airbus A320 went down into the Hudson River after a mid-air collision with Canada Geese. Luckily all of the passengers and crew were able to evacuate safely. Both engines conked out. Could this have been avoided? Birds are...
May 25, 2009
Safety and Technology Trends
Digital Map System Earns FAA Certification Avalex Technologies recently earned FAA certification of its Digital Map System. The Supplemental Type Certificate, or STC, awarded to Avalex by the Federal Aviation Administration is for work done for the Eurocopter...
May 18, 2009
Bird Strike Risk on the Rise
The wildlife threat to commercial passenger aircraft has increased so experts on bird strikes are calling for additional measures to raise the safety bar. They believe that the solutions include bird population reduction at airports, new technology and...
May 18, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
Apptis Wins Air Traffic Terminal Services Work Apptis, a leading provider of IT and communications services to the federal government, has been awarded a $34 million contract from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Air Traffic Organization - Terminal...
May 11, 2009
New Tactic for Controller Contract Talks
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, in addressing an Aero Club audience, announced the appointment of former FAA Administrator Jane Garvey to oversee the intractable labor dispute between the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Air Traffic...
May 11, 2009
U.S. ATC Systems Under Cyber Attack
The nation's air traffic control systems are vulnerable to cyber attacks with breaches allowing hackers to access personnel records and network servers, according to an audit performed by the Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General. The...
May 11, 2009
Safety & Technology Trends
NextGen Contract to Study NAS Needs Raytheon has been awarded a seven-month, $2.3 million contract to study the NextGen Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance architecture and determine the National Airspace System's needs for 2018 to 2025...
May 4, 2009
Dealing with Headline Grabbing Lawyers
Prosecutors worldwide continue to meddle in ongoing aviation accident investigations hampering efforts to improve air safety and prevent similar accidents in the future. With the trend toward criminalization already having a chilling effect, according to...
May 4, 2009
Controllers to the Rescue
A passenger safely landed a King Air (N559DW) at Southwest Florida International, Fort Myers, FL, April 12 after the pilot died at the controls on an apparent heart attack. Federal Aviation Administration officials say the pilot died after takeoff from an...
May 4, 2009
California Controller Staffing at Critical Level
Citing impending shortages in experienced controllers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), the Southern California TRACON (SCT) and the Northern California TRACON (NCT), the Department of Transportation's Inspector General (IG) said the three...
April 27, 2009
Government Secrecy for the Birds
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaFrance ordered the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to make its entire bird strike database available to the public. "Public disclosure is our job," LaHood wrote on his official blog. "The sea change in...
April 27, 2009
Smart Car Technology Advances
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are testing an innovative technological system in the Detroit area that ultimately could help protect drivers from being surprised by black ice, fog, and other hazardous weather conditions...
April 27, 2009
Safety and Technology Trends
Former FAA Chief Bobby Sturgell Joins Rockwell Collins Bobby Sturgell, who served as acting administrator of the FAA during the end of the Bush administration, has joined Rockwell Collins as senior vice president of its Washington Operations. In his new role...
April 20, 2009
IATA/CIS Team to Improve Aviation Safety
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC) have agreed to improve aviation safety throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The expanded pact adds specific points to IATA's existing...
April 20, 2009
ADS-B Operational in Northern Canada
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working diligently to switch to a Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) by 2020 and the European Community plans to deploy its Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research Program, or...
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