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ADS-B Technologies Successfully Tests Nextgen Air Traffic Surveillance Using the Globalstar Satellite Network
May 4, 2012 • EWORLDWIRE
ADS-B Technologies LLC has announced the completion of the first public demonstration of its revolutionary space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) air traffic control surveillance system in the deep mountain passes of Alaska. The tests, conducted during the third week in April, demonstrated conclusively that highly accurate, reliable and low latency surveillance is now possible at any altitude and over any terrain from virtually anywhere on earth.
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FAA’s NextGen Update
May 4, 2012 • Air Traffic Management
Since February, 54 new ADS-B radio stations became operational, bringing the total to 385. Additionally, the network includes advisory services and separation services. A service volume is a defined volume of airspace in the NAS within which a set of ADS-B services are provided and the required performance for the set of services is achieved.
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FAA Reports Progress on NextGen Implementation
May 2, 2012 • AIN Online
It’s clear that the final release of the FAA’s Authorization Act has given a new fillip to the agency’s NextGen implementation activity. The 2012 Plan, released in March, has a much more upbeat flavor than its 2011 predecessor, which essentially looked backwards at accomplishments in 2010, when most activities were still in their early stages.
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Fast-track NextGen mandates ‘misguided’
March 27, 2012 • Air Traffic Management
The attempt by US Congress to speed up ADS-B ‘in’ looks like a ‘classic unfunded mandate, imposing costs far in excess of benefits’, according to Air Traffic Management columnist Bob Poole.
Writing in his latest newsletter, Poole argues that recent US legislation which orders the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop, within one year, a plan to mandate that all aircraft flying in “capacity-constrained airspace” or at “capacity constrained airports” to be equipped with ADS-B ‘in’ capability by 2020 – the date already mandated for equipage with ADS-B ‘out’ – is misguided. An aircraft with ADS-B ‘in’ would be able to hear position reports from all the other nearby aircraft – independently of air traffic control.
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Unmanned ADS-B first for NASA
March 27, 2012 • Air Traffic Management
NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center has flown an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) equipped with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, for the first time in an effort to overcome the technical barriers to safe operations in civil airspace.
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NASA Flight Tests New ADS-B Device On Ikhana UAS
March 26, 2012 • ScienceDaily
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew its Ikhana MQ-9 unmanned aircraft with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, device, for the first time on March 15.
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NASA flies ADS-B transponder on Ikhana
March 26, 2012 • Flightglobal
NASA has flown an automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast (ADS-B) transponder on a large unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for the first time.
The 15 March flight aboard the General Atomics - Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) Ikhana, a NASA version of the Predator-B, is a step in the process of introducing UAVs into civilian airspace.
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NASA Flight Tests New ADS-B Device
March 26, 2012 • Product Design & Development
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center flew its Ikhana MQ-9 unmanned aircraft with an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B, device, for the first time on March 15.
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US Congress seeks to mandate ADS-B “In”
February 1, 2012 • Flightglobal
Legislation nearing completion in the US Congress will require the US Federal Aviation Administration to initiate a rulemaking within one year to mandate aircraft flying in "capacity constrained airspace" or at "capacity constrained airports" to equip with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) "in" surveillance systems by 2020.
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ACCS Offers ADS-B and TCAS Change 7.1
January, 2012 • AIN Online
Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), a joint-venture company of L-3 Communications and Thales, is busy preparing for upcoming avionics mandates such as ADS-B as well as the expected EASA requirement for TCAS Change 7.1.
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Raytheon Awarded Contract By US Air Force To Incorporate ADS-B Capability
December 23, 2011 • NASDAQ
Raytheon Co. (RTN) said that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to incorporate Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) capability into its suite of APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe or IFF transponders to support the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen plan for transformation of the National Airspace System.
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FAA searching for space-based ADS-B provider
November 29, 2011 • Flightglobal
The US FAA has issued a market survey to identify vendors who could provide a space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) service for remote mountainous areas in the US and in oceanic regions starting in 2018.
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Committee: ADS-B ‛In’ Not Currently Justified
November 21, 2011 • AIN Online
Operators in the U.S. are required to equip their aircraft for automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) “Out” capability by 2020. But an advisory committee chartered by the FAA has said it does not support an equipage mandate for corresponding ADS-B “In” capability at this time because the investment in displays and onboard computing cannot be justified.
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Rulemaking committee: No mandate for ADS-B “In”
November 21, 2011 • Flightglobal
An aviation rulemaking committee says immaturity of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) "In" applications combined with "uncertainties" in the achievable benefits of the technology means that there is no near- or mid-term business case for operators to equip.
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Fly-in, fly-out culture stretching air traffic
October 27, 2011 • ABC News
The fly-in, fly-out mining culture in Western Australia is being blamed for stretching the capacity of air services, with some routes predicted to double in volume in the next few years.
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Next-gen Iridium Satellites Might Carry ADS-B Payloads
September 27, 2011 • AIN Online
Satellite communications provider Iridium is in discussions with other aerospace companies and air navigation service providers to equip its next generation of 66 low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites with automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) payloads, making possible global surveillance of aircraft to include oceanic and polar regions.
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