If you’ve ever heard the sound of an aircraft passing overhead and looked at an online plane tracker to try and figure out what it was, then you’ve interacted with ADS-B. It’s a protocol designed to ...
A new bill aims to prevent future accidents like the one that killed 67 people over the Potomac River. The ROTOR Act would require all aircraft, including military ones on non-combat missions, to use ...
Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday announced the introduction of a bill intended to prevent collisions between commercial and military aircraft. The Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight ...
The NTSB investigation into the midair collision concluded it was a systemic failure, stemming from neglected safety recommendations and long-standing organizational deficiencies, rather than isolated ...
For amateur aviation enthusiasts, there's no greater thrill than watching an airplane steer on the ground and then take to the air. It's quite the feat of physics and engineering to get an aircraft to ...
A piece of legislation that looks to tighten surveillance measures for military aircraft, and has deep ramifications for the general aviation community, is poised to advance out of the committee phase ...
The US National Transportation Safety Board has declined to support proposed aviation safety legislation, arguing the ALERT Act fails to fully address recommendations from its investigation into the ...
As air traffic grows and airspace congestion intensifies, the aviation industry is turning to advanced technologies for solutions. ADS-B In (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast In) represents a ...
US senators plan on 21 October to advance a bill that would require most aircraft to have automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) In systems before 2032, a move following the deadly 29 ...
For more than a decade, regulators have hailed Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) In as the next step in airspace efficiency, promising richer situational awareness, tighter traffic ...