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Garmin autopilot lands small aircraft without human assistance

ATC: 'I don't know if you can hear me but cleared to land' In what looks to be the first successful use of Garmin's Autoland ...

Small plane lands itself safely with Autoland system in 1st use in emergency situation, company says

The plane landed "safely without incident" and no one was transported to a hospital, according to airport officials.
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FAA plans $6B for air-traffic telecom and radar upgrades

The Federal Aviation Administration is preparing a multibillion‑dollar push to overhaul the communications and radar backbone ...
Homeland Security Today

FAA Awards Peraton a Modernization Contract to Build the Brand New Air Traffic Control System

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Aviation Administrator Bryan Bedford have announced that Peraton will be the Prime Integrator to lead the most important aviation ...
CBS News 8

Alaska Airlines' decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs comes under scrutiny

PORTLAND, Ore. — The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to warnings from a cabin-pressurization system — yet keep flying it over land ...
The Atlantic

The Real Problem With the FAA

The ongoing crisis at Newark Liberty International Airport has laid bare the sorry state of our nation’s air-traffic-control system. Equipment outages have left air-traffic controllers unable to ...
Reuters

FAA wants new air traffic control data system as part of overhaul

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it wants to adopt a new comprehensive system to overhaul how air traffic controllers receive flight data and ...