Found Guilty In Federal Court In A Bribery And Fraud Scheme

Former FAA Safety Inspector Manuel R. Fernandez, 42, of Miami, has been sentenced to 75 months in prison after having been convicted by a trial jury of twenty-one criminal counts related to his participation in a bribery and fraud scheme.

Grant Award Only One Of Its Kind In Oklahoma

Oklahoma State University’s soaring drone program is taking off in yet another direction with multimillion-dollar support from the National Science Foundation.

TASAR Has Many Similarities To The Popular Waze-App, But Is Intended For The Cockpit And Complex Operating Environments

APiJET, a provider of real-time aircraft data analytics, has become the first to obtain a commercial license to offer Traffic Aware Strategic Aircrew Requests (TASAR) NASA technology. On April 26, 2019, APiJET announced its development partnership with Alaska Airlines based upon TASAR technology that had been the focus of a NASA trial over the past few years.

Addresses Discrepancies Found On Electrical Wiring Terminations At The Receptacles Of Certain Pitot Relays

The FAA has released a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) following reports of discrepancies found on electrical wiring terminations at the receptacles of certain pitot relays on Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. (Embraer) Model EMB-135BJ, -135ER, -135KE, -135KL, and -135LR airplanes, and Model EMB-145, -145ER, -145-MR, -145-LR, -145-XR, -145MP, and -145EP airplanes.

Nearly 20 Percent Annual Growth Anticipated Through The Period

According to the new market research report "Fixed-wing VTOL UAV Market by Vertical (Military, Government & Law Enforcement, Commercial), Propulsion (Electric, Hybrid, Gasoline), Mode of operation (VLOS, EVLOS, BVLOS), Endurance, Range, MTOW, and Region - Global Forecast to 2030", published by MarketsandMarkets, the Fixed-wing VTOL UAV Market is estimated at $498 million in 2019 and is projected to reach $3.5 billion by 2030, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 19.7% from 2019 to 2030.

Some Ground Stations Having Issues Tracking Aircraft Equipped With The Devices

The FAA has released a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) following reports of an issue with certain ground stations properly detecting and tracking aircraft equipped with Rockwell Collins TDR-94 and TDR-94D ATC/Mode S Transponders.

Company Is Shifting Focus To Software

Effective November 18th, Aerodyne Group, an international drone-based managed solutions provider, acquired a controlling interest in the services business of Measure to create a new, combined business entity named Aerodyne Measure. Aerodyne Measure will continue serving enterprise clients in North America with high-quality aerial inspections and data analysis services.

Pilot Fatally Injured When Plane Impacted A House

The NTSB has released a preliminary report from an accident which occurred November 7 in Upland, CA which fatally injured the pilot of the Cirrus SR22.

Facilities Destroyed By Fire October 25

The city of Monmouth, IL says it could take as long as two years to rebuild structures that were destroyed in a fire October 25.

Sonar Image Led Divers To The Discovery

The remains of an F4F Wildcat have been found at the bottom of the St. Johns River in northeast Florida that is believed to have gone down sometime between 1943 and 1945.