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FAA rolls out ‘co-opetition’ concept at ATC convention

Co-opetition–it’s the hottest new Washington buzzword, meaning that you cooperate with your competitors to ensure you’re not left out when the FAA awards t

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October 25, 2006

Union rejects FAA call for federal mediation

The union representing air traffic controllers rejected the FAA’s call last month for federal mediation to help the agency reach a new labor agreement with

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October 24, 2006

FAA & union still differ on pay, workday

The FAA’s air traffic controller contract proposal maintains the average base pay of current controllers ($166,000), which the agency said is a 74-percent

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October 24, 2006

Eurocontrol undertakes study of bizav traffic

“Despite several crises, air traffic growth continues inexorably in Europe but with delays reaching an all-time low, the average delay per flight now stand

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October 23, 2006

UAVs make progress toward full civil airspace operations

Once the exclusive domain of the military and, with few exceptions, flying outside controlled airspace, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are now slowly nudg

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October 23, 2006

Large UAV Flies in Civil Airspace

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in civil, non-segregated airspace took another step forward early last month at the unmanned systems trade show

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October 23, 2006

Raytheon To Conduct ADS-B Trials for Eurocontrol

Raytheon Systems of the UK has received a contract from Eurocontrol to install four ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) ground systems to su

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October 23, 2006

Australia Moves Ahead with Plan To Provide Free ADS-B Avionics to GA

Airservices Australia has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to avionics makers for as many as 1,500 ADS-B airborne systems for installation in the countr

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October 23, 2006

NASA’s SATS Initiative Could Pay Dividends for Business Aviation

People tend to think of NASA’s Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) project as a far-fetched plan to put an airplane in every garage and turn the sk

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October 23, 2006

ERA Takes Direct Role in Sesame Project

The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) will help manage the two-year definition phase of the Sesame Single European Sky implementation program as p

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October 23, 2006

A global perspective on RNP: A joint Eurocontrol and FAA meeting addressed the ever-evolving concept of performance-based navigation

Performance-based navigation was identified in ICAO’s Future Air Navigation System concept of the early 1990s, which defined required navigation performanc

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October 18, 2006

FAA Approves Rannoch asFlight-tracking Data Provider

The FAA has approved Rannoch as a class-1 provider of ASDI (aircraft situational display to industry) data, adding the company to the list of services that

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October 18, 2006

U.S., Europe and Asia are investing deeply in GPS

Senior U.S.

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October 18, 2006

No STMP for NBAA Convention

Traditionally, the FAA has implemented a Special Traffic Management Program (STMP) for operations at NBAA Convention airports.

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October 17, 2006

Air Routing Approved for Direct ATC Input

The FAA has approved handling agent Air Routing International to file and amend business aircraft flight plans directly with the agency’s Host ATC system.

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October 17, 2006

European ATC Communication Errors

Eurocontrol and other aviation stakeholders across Europe have agreed on the outline of a plan to address ATC communications safety issues.

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October 17, 2006