A new Maryland facility is producing digital voice switches to replace 40-year-old ATC analog systems, a critical step in FAA's long-stalled communications modernization.
TowerThe FAA is reportedly frustrated with Peraton, its $1.5 billion ATC modernization integrator, and may scale back the company's role.
TowerHow Aireon's 66 Iridium satellites brought ADS-B surveillance to the oceans and poles, tightening separation and saving fuel.
VectorADS-B broadcasts aircraft positions with no encryption or authentication - here's why it's spoofable and why the system around it still keeps flying safe.
VectorThe FAA awarded AT&T a multibillion-dollar contract to rebuild the telecom backbone of the national airspace system - here's what it means for pilots.
TowerAireon's 66-satellite ADS-B network finally put real-time surveillance over the oceans, cutting separation from 80 to 14 nautical miles.
VectorThe FAA wants a modern air traffic control automation platform, but funding falls billions short of the ambition.
TowerNewark's new radar is live and the DOT is seeking $10 billion to modernize aging air traffic control systems nationwide.
TowerHow Aireon's ADS-B receivers on Iridium satellites finally gave controllers real-time surveillance over the oceans that ground radar never covered.
VectorThe FAA is short roughly 3,000 controllers, but a rebuilt training pipeline is finally widening - here's what it means for how you fly.
TowerWhy Newark's 2025 radar blackouts happened, how controllers kept aircraft safe, and what the FAA is doing to fix its aging copper infrastructure.
TowerADS-B broadcasts aircraft positions unencrypted and unauthenticated - here's why it's spoofable and what the FAA does to catch fake targets.
VectorHow Aireon's 66-satellite Iridium NEXT constellation brought ADS-B surveillance to the 70% of Earth radar never covered.
VectorThe FAA is examining a loss of separation involving Marine One over the Potomac - here's what it actually means for pilots.
TowerHow Aireon put ADS-B receivers on 66 Iridium satellites to give controllers a live picture of aircraft over the oceans for the first time.
VectorALPA, NATCA, and the FAA jointly asked Congress for $20 billion to finish modernizing America's aging air traffic control system.
TowerHow Aireon put ADS-B receivers on the Iridium NEXT satellites to deliver the first real-time, pole-to-pole air traffic surveillance.
VectorThe FAA is running roughly 3,000 controllers short of its certified staffing target - here's what that gap means for IFR pilots right now.
TowerThe 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision killed 128 people and directly triggered the creation of the Federal Aviation Administration - reshaping every clearance, squawk code, and radar handoff in use today.
TaildraggerDelta's CEO blames ATC congestion for rising airfares - here's what that means for the NAS and every pilot flying today.
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