FAA Seeks Industry Ideas for Unleaded Aircraft Gas
The Federal Aviation Administration wants the fuel industry to submit proposals for an unleaded replacement gasoline intended for general aviation aircraft by 2018, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Ashley Halsey writes the agency is looking to replace the 100 octane low-lead blend currently used on 167,000 non-commercial airplanes. That formula is the last of its [...]
According to an official from the Government Accountability Office, there is no technology in existence capable of allowing drones to “sense and avoid” other aircraft, NextGov reports. Geral Dillingham, GAO director for physical infrastructure issues, speaking at a hearing held by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, said the Federal Aviation Administration does not have enough frequency [...]
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The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking industry feedback on whether or not it is possible to place its next generation air traffic control system in the cloud, Nextgov reports. According to official documents, the FAA wants to know the risks and benefits of placing the NextGen weather system on an infrastructure-as-a-service cloud model. Air traffic [...]
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has certified an ITT Exelis vehicle movement area transmitter as compliant with agency standards on installation in airport vehicles and maintenance. V-MAT is also compliant with FAA standards on the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system, the agency’s satellite-based successor to radar and part of its NextGen program, Exelis said Monday. Ted [...]
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Auditors at the Transportation Department found lower rates of safety incidents occurred at contract towers compared to towers run by the Federal Aviation Administration, Fierce Government reports. The department’s office of the inspector general compared 240 contract towers and 92 similar FAA towers for its report. Pilots, flight instructors, airport officials and other aviation stakeholders [...]
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Lockheed Martin‘s flight services unit has launched a web portal and alerting service for pilots who use the company’s service for filing flight plans, the company announced Thursday. Pilots will use the Automated Flight Service Station Pilot Web Portal to file pre-flight briefings and the new Adverse Condition Alerting Service alerts pilots to adverse weather [...]
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