Air Safety

President Trump on Nov. 9 made his four appointments to the National Commission on Aviation Safety that will delve into and report on the recent spike in military aviation mishaps. […]

A 2017 accident involving an RQ-4B Global Hawk that crashed in California was caused by issues with one of its navigational data devices or navigators, according to an Air Force […]

The Air Force last Friday awarded UES Inc., a Dayton, Ohio-based science-and-technology firm, a $49.1 million contract to develop new technologies to help counter laser attacks against its aircraft. The […]

Nearly two years past its original congressionally mandate deadline, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), an initial step to […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is expanding its efforts to detect unmanned aircraft systems flying dangerously close to airports in the United States. Following a sharp increase over the past […]

The number of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) authorized to fly in U.S. airspace has topped 1,000 under a law that allows case-by-case exemptions for pilots to fly outside of existing […]

By Calvin Biesecker Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has awarded Unisys (UIS) a potential $350 million contract over five years to expand the use of technology the company initially installed […]

By Calvin Biesecker Boeing [BA] and the Federal Aviation Administration [FAA] yesterday signed an agreement whereby the regulatory agency will take possession of two of the company’s ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft […]

Relatives and friends of the passengers killed when Continental Connection Flight 3407 crashed outside Buffalo on Feb. 12 conducted a 10-mile memorial walk to mark the fatal accident’s one-year anniversary. […]

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the captain of Colgan Air Flight 3407 inappropriately responded to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall […]