WAAS GEO 6 Satellite Payload Now Operational, Supporting Safer Air Travel
Raytheon has delivered the Wide Area Augmentation System Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 6 satellite navigation payload to the Federal Aviation Administration to broadcast the WAAS message, which corrects errors in GPS satellite signals, provides expanded coverage, improves accuracy, and increases reliability. The WAAS GEO 6 payload is now operational and fully integrated into the WAAS network, working with two other WAAS satellite payloads already in orbit.
Goal Is Increasing the Endurance Of Future Bye Aerospace eAircraft
OXIS Energy and Bye Aerospace have begun a 12-month collaborative programme, announced in late July that seeks to achieve a 50% to 100% increase in flight time from a single charge on future Bye Aerospace eAircraft.
Latest Move To Reduce Unnecessary Regulation For U.K. General Aviation
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has launched a consultation to seek views on a proposal to move new designs of light aircraft weighing between 450kg and 600kg (990 - 1,300 pounds) from pan-European certification, under EASA, to national CAA regulations. European regulations allow national regulators the ability to choose to extend their oversight to include these aircraft.
Research Conducted By ERAU And Oklahoma State University
Skilled pilots approaching a runway usually can’t see small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) encroaching on their airspace, and they virtually never detect motionless drones, a newly published study shows.
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