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The FAA is rolling out contingency operations plans to hundreds of air traffic control (ATC) facilities, an effort that started after a September 2014 fire that shut down its Chicago enroute center and disrupted air traffic across the U.S. Midwest.

The U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation is seeking to send $17.7 billion to the FAA in fiscal 2020, $267 million more than the 2019 enacted level and $614 million above the administration’s budget request.

Australian regulators have rejected an application for Cathay Pacific to codeshare on certain Qantas international flights, following objections from Virgin Australia.

FAA’s decision to allow the Boeing 737 MAX back into the air could be based at least in part on input from foreign regulators, though consensus will not be necessary for the U.S. agency to move forward, FAA Acting Administrator Dan Elwell said.

The FAA has expanded the number of air traffic control (ATC) facilities covered by its Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC), an automated process that allows drone operators to request and obtain authorization to fly in the vicinity of airports.

Honeywell International is mulling further divestitures or changes to its business portfolio, the conglomerate’s top executive said May 20.

Chinese international express logistics company DHL-Sinotrans has launched a full automated drone delivery service under a strategic partnership with autonomous aircraft developer Ehang.

WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, the national president of the Association of Professional Flight Attendants Lori Bassani signed a letter on behalf of the 28,000 members of the group to call for action regarding people retrieving carry-on luggage slowing emergency evacuations after a recent aircraft disaster in Russia. 

SKIEN, Norway - In Norway, what some are calling the future of aircraft washing and deicing is being developed – with ideas borrowed from the local carwash. The Multi Solution Gate (MSG) is the first automatic system for washing and deicing aircraft in the world, said Frøydis Hovden, MSG Production’s Vice President of Sales, adding […]

CANBERRA, Australia – Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) to continue providing through-life support to the Commonwealth’s special purpose aircraft (SPA) VIP fleet operated by No. 34 Squadron in Canberra. This sole source, 18-year rolling wave contract has an initial period of six years for sustainment and maintenance […]

TOULOUSE, France - The ACJ319neo successfully completed a first flight lasting one hour and 55 minutes on Wednesday. The first test begins a short flight-test program to verify its corporate jet features – such as the extra fuel tanks in its cargo-hold, which enable intercontinental range. The A319neo is the smallest member of the A320neo […]

LONDON, United Kingdom - The complexity of modern aircraft can be staggering. A typical single-aisle commercial jet is made up of several hundred thousand parts while a superjumbo can contain one million or more. With 40,000 commercial aircraft projected to enter service over the next 20 years, the total number of components is poised to […]

QINGDAO, China  – It its partner with the China, Airbus Helicopters has expanded its industrial footprint with the opening of the H135 final assembly line (FAL) in Qingdao. The factory is the first helicopter FAL built by a foreign manufacturer in China, as well as the first H135 FAL outside of Europe.

KANSAS CITY, Mo., - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced last week that it had issued an emergency airworthiness directive after Cirrus Design Corporation reported three incidents involving the stall warning and protection system in its VisionJet aircraft. The aircraft are required to be grounded until the angle of attack (AOA) sensors are replaced. The […]

TUCSON, AZ - Universal Avionics (UA) has received FAA Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the company’s new touchscreen EFIS Control Display Unit (ECDU) for the InSight Display System. The Touch ECDU provides access for InSight user control and input. 

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – The Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence will look toward the next decade of civil mandates and technologies at its upcoming 2019 CNS/ATM Working Group. This year's event will be held June 4-5 at the Holiday Inn Dayton/Fairborn near Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

ATLANTA, Ga., - Honeywell and Volocopter have signed an agreement to jointly test and develop new navigation and automatic landing systems for Volocopter’s vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (VTOL) as the emerging era of urban air mobility moves closer to fruition.