FAA administrator calls out ‘obsolescence’ in air traffic control technology
While the National Airspace System currently iterates on a decade-long cycle, akin to Boeing and Airbus, those updates need to be more like iPad, FAA’s Bryan Bedford…
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FAA moves toward improving new air traffic control system
New documents reveal the transportation agency’s plan to find an integrator to modernize the antiquated system.
Floppy disks and aging software: FAA held back by technology woes
A House Transportation Committee hearing focused on recent aviation accidents and aging FAA tech, which the GAO has called “unsustainable.”
A decade later, still no cybersecurity fixes for NextGen aircraft tracking
With a deadline to adopt new aircraft-tracking technology looming, the DoD has yet to fully address security concerns about its effect on military aircraft.
FAA to upgrade contingency systems after Chicago blaze
When an air traffic control center employee set fire to a critical part of the Federal Aviation Administration's Chicago Center air traffic control hub, flights were canceled…
FAA preps NextGen summit, but questions remain about drones
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to hold a “Call to Action” summit next month to improve cooperation with the aviation industry in support of the Next Generation…
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