from Aviation Week:
US Airways plans to use its long-haul Airbus A330 fleet in a new FAA trial that is expected to bring the benefits of satellite-based navigation links to congested Northeast airspace and transatlantic routes.
The US Airways project – which also includes manufacturer Aviation Communications and Surveillance Systems (ACSS) – is the [...]
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January 26, 2009
US Airways to equip its A330s with ADS-B
January 6, 2009
UPDATE: Crew rest lawsuit
BusinessWeek magazine published a non-subscription article about the lawsuit brought by a group of airlines against the FAA last month.
The airlines say that the Federal Aviation Administration bypassed usual rule-making procedures and denied them the right to comment before it notified American Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. of the new rules in late October.
The petition [...]
November 3, 2008
Honeywell, ACSS receive funding to demonstrate ADS-B’s value
The FAA says it wants to speed up the deployment of avionics that can take advantage of ADS-B technology, and is funding a small demonstration project meant to prove the value of having that data in the cockpit. (FAA Press release) The $9 million effort will be conducted by Honeywell and ACSS, and calls for [...]
October 17, 2008
FAA adds 3 new carriers to cockpit safety trial
The FAA has announced it will partner with three additional airlines for its upcoming cockpit safety initative, which focuses on Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) and Aural Alerting technology. (FAA fact sheet). The newly added carriers are Atlas Air, CommutAir and Shuttle America, and the three will receive a combined total of $1.7 million in return [...]
