New FAA Video Stresses Holiday Drone Safety (See it Here)
If you’re one of the lucky people who gets a drone as a holiday present, the Federal Aviation Administration wants you to know how to fly it safely.
The agency has released...
FTA Transit & Aviation Team-Up for Safety (Learn More – Video)
By FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers
When you head out the door in the morning, you probably don’t consider the number of organizations that work together to operate, maintain, and oversee the...
ORBIT $4.5M Order for Adv Aircraft Audio Comm Mgmt System
ORBIT Technologies, has received a $4.5 million order from one of the largest aircraft manufacturers worldwide for the development and supply of prototypes of an advanced system for the management of...
Aireon Selected to Evaluate Space-Based ADS-B for German Airspace
Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Agreement with Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH (DFS), Germany's Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) to evaluate the safety, efficiency and cost benefits of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast...
TX Man Sentenced for Drug Related Offenses on DFW Flights
A Dallas-area man who admitted to his role in transporting a substance that was represented to be cocaine on flights from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) was sentenced Friday to a...
Chicago O’Hare Airport Workers to Strike November 29 (Learn More)
By Aaron Smith and Jon Ostrower, CNN
Hundreds of workers at Chicago O'Hare International Airport plan to strike on Tuesday, November 29.
The work stoppage will deliberately miss the busy Thanksgiving travel week,...
FAA Proposes Civil Penalty: Dean Baldwin Painting of Bulverde, TX
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration proposes a $240,000 civil penalty against Dean Baldwin Painting of Bulverde, Texas for numerous violations at its Goodyear, Ariz. facility.
The FAA alleges that...
Unmanned Vehicles Validate Firefighting & SAR Capabilities (Video)
Lockheed Martin demonstrated for the first time how its suite of optionally-piloted helicopters and small unmanned aerial systems can work together to successfully locate and extinguish fires, pinpoint the location of a...
Lockheed Martin Sharpens the Raptor’s Talons (See in Action)
Lockheed Martin has received a $536 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for sustainment of the F-22 Raptor.
The funding is part of a Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) contract providing weapon...
Happy Air Passengers in Mexico Want More Tech for Travel (Learn More)
Passengers at Mexican airports are happier than the average passenger globally. According to analysis released today by air transport IT provider SITA, 89% of Mexican passengers are happy along their journey.
They...
