FAA formally classifies pilots and flight attendants as radiation workers - here's what Solar Cycle 25's peak means for polar route operations.
VectorThe Garmin GFC 500, certified in 2019, brings digital autopilot technology and envelope protection to over 100 legacy GA aircraft models - changing the fatal accident risk calculus for IFR pilots.
VectorTIS-B rebroadcasts radar-derived traffic to ADS-B displays, filling gaps from unequipped aircraft - but data latency and coverage limits matter.
VectorZeroAvia flew a hydrogen-electric powertrain in a 19-seat regional turboprop in January 2023 and is targeting commercial certification by 2027.
VectorArcher Aviation's Midnight eVTOL is navigating the most complex FAA certification process ever attempted for a small electric commercial aircraft - and the outcome will shape the entire industry.
VectorEve Air Mobility is building both an electric air taxi and the software platform to manage urban airspace - a dual strategy that sets it apart from every other eVTOL competitor.
VectorGPS spoofing is actively corrupting ADS-B position data in conflict zones, creating false traffic pictures that controllers and pilots cannot automatically detect.
VectorThe 2002 Uberlingen mid-air collision killed 71 people after a crew followed ATC instead of their TCAS Resolution Advisory - here's what every pilot needs to know.
VectorGOES-16's Advanced Baseline Imager and Geostationary Lightning Mapper cut convective weather update intervals from 15 minutes to 30 seconds, fundamentally changing what pilots can know before weather surprises them.
VectorThe Stratolaunch Roc - with its 385-foot wingspan - is now actively flying hypersonic research missions, recovering test vehicles intact for the first time in decades.
VectorWisk Aero is pursuing FAA certification for a fully pilotless four-passenger air taxi - a regulatory first that could redefine civil aviation for the next 50 years.
VectorAireon's space-based ADS-B network, hosted on 66 Iridium NEXT satellites, cut North Atlantic position update intervals from 14 minutes to 8 seconds and reduced lateral separation to 15 nautical miles.
VectorFIS-B radar data on your ForeFlight or Garmin display is typically 15–20 minutes old - here's why, and how to fly with that reality in mind.
VectorGarmin Autoland, FAA-certified in November 2020, lets an untrained passenger land a plane with a single button press when the pilot is incapacitated.
VectorHeart Aerospace's 2022 pivot from the ES19 to the 30-seat hybrid-electric ES30 reveals what honest engineering looks like in regional electric aviation.
VectorHermeus is developing a Mach 5 aircraft to carry passengers from New York to London in 90 minutes - here's whether the engineering backs the claim.
VectorSupernal's SA-2 eVTOL aircraft backed by Hyundai's $100B manufacturing empire may be the most credible air taxi program in a field that keeps running out of money.
VectorThe North American X-15 flew 199 missions to the edge of space, set speed and altitude records that still stand, and shaped every hypersonic and space vehicle that followed.
VectorJoby Aviation's S4 tilt-rotor eVTOL is the furthest along in FAA type certification, navigating a process the agency has never run before.
VectorJoby Aviation's S4 is the most advanced attempt to certify a powered-lift electric air taxi, navigating an unprecedented FAA process targeting commercial operations by 2026–2027.
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