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Jeppesen using RAIM to fine tune RNP

Several elements of the Next Generation Air Transportation System depend on GPS-based area navigation (RNAV) and required navigation performance (RNP).

ATC

October 18, 2010

Garmin unleashes G5000 cockpit

Garmin, the Olathe, Kan.

ATC

October 18, 2010

Boeing Joins Fuselage Sections for First 747-8 Intercontinental

Boeing mechanics joined the forward and aft fuselage sections with the wing and center section of the first 747-8 Intercontinental in Everett, Wash., this

Aircraft

October 15, 2010

Tokyo Haneda and Sapporo New Chitose Welcome the A380

An Airbus A380 test aircraft landed this week for the first time at Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, making it the 120th airport visited by th

Aircraft

October 15, 2010

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Lockheed To Run Flight Service Stations through '13

The FAA has extended for another three years until 2013 the contract it has with Lockheed Martin to run the automated flight service stations that dissemin

ATC

October 14, 2010

ADS-B deployment provides a proving ground for NextGen

Progress on the FAA’s ambitious NextGen overhaul of the ATC system in the U.S.

ATC

October 13, 2010

Analyst sees uptick in regional sales

Although deliveries of smaller regional jets have dropped dramatically in the past few years, Forecast International expects growing numbers of jets to be

October 13, 2010

Boeing reports 787 progress

The sixth and final Boeing 787 to join the flight test fleet flew for the first time earlier this month from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.

October 13, 2010

Airlines Propose New Export Credit Rules

A group of 24 airlines based in Europe and the U.S.

October 13, 2010

Europe preps for high-altitude regs

The requirement for aircraft flying above FL285 in Europe to have the latest VDLM2 datalink capability begins on Jan.

ATC

October 13, 2010

Boeing Takes Flak over 747-8 Freighter Delays

It didn’t take special insight to guess that Boeing wouldn’t meet its year-end target to certify and deliver the first 747-8 Freighter.

Aircraft

October 8, 2010

Mitsubishi Cuts Metal for MRJ as Sales Sag

Mitsubishi has tried not to let lackluster sales tarnish an efficiently run development campaign for the MRJ regional jet, the first metal for which worker

Aircraft

October 8, 2010

Boeing Looks To Add Value and Grow Revenue throughout Aircraft Lifecycle

Boeing’s Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) division is gaining ground in its strategy to deliver services for the entire lifetime of the aircraft that it

Maintenance and Modifications

October 8, 2010

Europe’s Regional Airlines Demand Legal Action over Volcano Losses

Despite evident post-recession traffic recovery, last month’s European Regions Airline Association general assembly in Barcelona was accompanied by the sou

Regulations and Government

October 8, 2010

Boeing Delivery Totals Reflect Strong Single-aisle Market

More evidence of an increasingly robust single-aisle commercial airplane market surfaced today in Boeing’s third-quarter delivery report, which shows that

Engines

October 7, 2010

Embraer Claims It Hasn’t Given Up on China Talks

Brazil’s Embraer remains in negotiations with Chinese authorities over the prospect of building E-Jets at the Harbin-Embraer plant in Harbin, China, a comp

October 7, 2010

ADS-B Gets Green Light, GPS Backup Less Clear

Following successful ADS-B deployment at key sites in Alaska, the <link news/single-news-page/article/ads-b-making-life-easier-for-gulf-helicopter-pilots-2

ATC

October 7, 2010

Turboprop Version of GE38 Turboshaft Due Mid-decade

A new General Electric turboprop engine, derived from the 7,500-shp GE38-1B turboshaft engine, could become available by the middle of the decade.

Engines

October 5, 2010

Sixth Boeing 787 Takes Flight, Company Reports ‘Good Progress’ with Test Program

The sixth and final Boeing 787 to join the flight test fleet flew for the first time yesterday from Paine Field in Everett, Wash.

October 5, 2010

Pratt & Whitney Canada Launches Global Flight Test Operations Facility

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) joined Canadian and Quebec government officials in inaugurating the company’s global flight test operations center yesterday

Engines

October 5, 2010