RSS Feeds of Interest

The House Science and Technology Committee faults the Federal Aviation Agency's organization and planning for its much touted Next Generation Air Transportation System. Projected to take until 2025 to complete and cost as much as $76 billion, the plan calls for precision satellite navigation; digital, networked communications; and an integrated aviation weather system in addition to improving ground infrastructure, aircraft technology and alternative fuels. But will it ever fly?
- WASHINGTON As any of the thousands of air travelers who suffered through an Aug. 26 crash of the Federal Aviation Administration's flight plan IT network already knows, the nation's air transportation system is aging and failing. The crash grounded hundreds of flights at more than 40 airports. ...

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