FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Banyan Air Service based at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE) will host a NextGen Seminar on Thursday, Feb. 6, from 10 a.m. – 1 pm. This seminar will include a hands-on workshop and a live demonstration of Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC). The purpose of the workshop is to provide […]
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AEA partners with NextGen GA Fund to help aircraft owners finance avionics
The Aircraft Electronics Association has entered into a partnership agreement with the NextGen GA Fund to accelerate the rollout of NextGen by providing access to quick, affordable financial incentives to aid aircraft owners. The NextGen GA Fund will finance NextGen installations, including WAAS-capable GPS, ADS-B In, ADS-B Out, RNAV/RNP avionics, data communications, SWIM, flat-panel displays, […]
Campbell joins FreeFlight Systems
WACO, Texas — FreeFlight Systems, a developer of avionics for NextGen, has named Doug Campbell West Coast Regional Sales Manager. Campbell brings more than 10 years of industry experience into this position, after serving as a regional sales manager at the Avidyne Corp. Campbell is a member of the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam) and a […]
FAA releases UAS integration roadmap
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The FAA has released its first annual roadmap outlining efforts needed to safely integrate unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the nation’s airspace. The roadmap addresses current and future policies, regulations, technologies and procedures that will be required as demand moves the country from today’s limited accommodation of UAS operations to the extensive […]
Advocating for NextGen
Representatives from a diverse group of industries and organizations joined Monday to discuss the successes and upcoming challenges of NextGen, the FAA’s initiative to modernize the nation’s air transportation system, and to warn in the last day of the fiscal year about sequestration budget cuts that threaten to impede NextGen’s progress. “If we don’t keep […]
Rally planned to protect NextGen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A rally is being planned on Monday, Sept. 30, to discuss the upcoming challenges to the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System initiative in the face of cuts from sequestration. According to the FAA’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request, sequestration could impact funding of the NextGen initiative by approximately 30% to 50%. […]
Progress and future of NextGen focus of annual meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Joined by fellow industry professionals, legislative representatives and other key decision makers in the civil aviation world, Aerospace Industries Association President Marion C. Blakey will be one of the featured speakers at the NextGen Institute’s Annual Public Meeting on Sept. 20. The meeting “NextGen – Successes and Challenges: Building a Path to […]
NextGen moves closer to reality
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Next Generation Air Transportation System — known as NextGen — moved two steps closer to reality in late August when new programs became operational. The FAA deployed a new system called Time-Based Flow Management (TBFM), a scheduling tool that meters aircraft through all phases of flight in order to deliver the […]
How does a Cub driver prepare for NextGen?
By JEFFREY BOCCACCIO. Anybody reading our Fly the Distance with NextGen series knows that we took the series to the streets and performed a one-hour event at this year’s SUN ’n FUN. To be perfectly honest, we really did not know just how much interest there was in the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), […]