FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Imagine a behemoth Boeing 747 gliding for about 200 miles before landing, conserving hundreds of gallons of fuel along the way. It's happening today at some airports as part of NextGen, a Federal Aviation Administration program to dramatically modernize the nation's air traffic control system within the next two decades. Its goals: cut flight times and delays, make flying safer and save the airlines billions.
WASHINGTON - A four-year blueprint for aviation programs that hastens the transition to a new air traffic control system based on GPS technology was given final approval by the House on Friday despite last-minute objections from organized labor. The compromise agreement between the House and Senate authorizes $63 billion for Federal Aviation Administration programs through the 2015 federal budget year.
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday replaced three top managers in the nation's air traffic control system following embarrassing incidents of controllers sleeping on the job and making potentially dangerous mistakes. In a shake-up of the system, new managers were appointed to key positions that oversee the operation of airport towers and regional radar centers that handle planes flying at high altitudes as well as approaches and departures, the agency said. A new manager was also appointed to run a regional radar center near Cleveland. The previous managers are being reassigned.
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensis Corporation's Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) deployment in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland is now certified for Air Traffic Control (ATC) by the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority. Air traffic controllers for NATS, the United Kingdom's leading air navigation services provider, are using the highly accurate WAM surveillance to enhance the safety of air traffic operations within the oil platforms' airspace by employing the same standards and procedures as a traditional radar system. This application is the industry's first fully certified WAM system to provide ATC services for flights in an off-shore oil platform environment. Each year, more than 25,000 helicopter flights carry a half million passengers between Aberde...
When you think of speech technologies in the travel industry, a likely image that comes to mind is of a frantic business traveler in a cab on his way to the airport, calling his carrier's interactive voice response system to check the status of his flight. Of particular note are speech recognition technologies that are helping pilots fly planes and air traffic control tower personnel more safety monitor and communicate with planes, both in the air and on the ground waiting for clearance to take off. Speech is also being used in flight and air traffic control simulators to train new pilots and tower personnel.
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration is creating a new air traffic system that officials say will be as revolutionary for civil aviation as was the advent of radar six decades ago. But the program is at a crossroads. It's getting harder to pry money out of Congress. The airline industry is hesitating over the cost of equipping its planes with new technology necessary to use the system. And some experts say the U.S. could lose its lead in the manufacture of high-tech aviation equipment to European competitors because the FAA is moving too slowly.
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