The move by FAA to "performance-based" contracting, where the end product is the certifiable goal, and the means to reach it is not rigidly specified, has both advantages and disadvantages. The ...

FAA’s NextGen program to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS) took a great leap forward in late August with the selection of an industry team led by ITT Corp. to provide the ground ...

USA campaigns for universal access transceiver standards to be drawn up by ICAO The US Federal Aviation Administration has announced its choice of datalinks for automatic dependent ...

Aircraft makers, airline associations and pilot groups alike are criticising the US Federal Aviation Administration's proposed rule to require aircraft to carry a specific type of automatic dependent ...