The FAA last month signed a $9 million agreement with Honeywell and Aviation Communications & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) to accelerate the testing and installation of ADS-B technology in airliners. Honeywell will handle concept development through flight evaluation and demonstration, while ACSS will develop standards, flight demonstrations and ADS-B-equipped Class 2 electronic flight bag prototypes for testing on 20 US Airways Airbus A330s.
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Weather Forecasters Oppose FAA Consolidation Plan
January 06, 2009 An FAA plan to consolidate all of the 84 National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters now co-located in the nation’s 21 ATC en route centers into... |
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FAA constructing new ‘nerve center’
January 01, 2009 Federal and local officials broke ground early last month for a new Air Traffic Control System Command Center colocated with the FAA’s Potomac... |
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Go Direct helps users achieve RNP approval
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WAAS LPV Approvals Picking Up
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Congressional Observer: January 2009
January 01, 2009 When the 111th Congress convenes this month, all the bills introduced in the 110th Congress that did not make it into law will find themselves... |
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