CAE will work to diversify its defense and security portfolio, with an emphasis on space and cyber capabilities. Daniel Gelston, group president of CAE’s Defense and Security unit, announced that the business
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The Department of Transportation intends to award $779 million in grant funds to address concerns in 127 airports within the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The funds are intended to support construction efforts
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A new report by the House Homeland Security Committee has found that a majority of U.S. airports do not implement “full employee screening” at access points and that conflict between government and
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The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a supplemental notice of a proposed role for safety management systems in an effort to integrate proactive hazard identification and risk-management based principles on day-to-day operations at airports. The FAA said
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The Federal Aviation Administration has rolled out a satellite-based approach route for arriving aircraft at three airports around the Washington metropolitan area. FAA said Sunday airplanes that fly into Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall,
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NCR Corp. has performed maintenance support work on more than 500 self-service check-in kiosks for airlines and airports in 30 cities across China. The technology firm has almost 500 customer service engineers
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The Federal Aviation Administration started to furlough its 13,000 air traffic controllers and 47,000 total employees over the weekend and two the country’s largest airports saw flight delays as a result. Furloughs
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A union representing air traffic controllers claims than 2,000 of them could be furloughed if sequestration takes effect starting Jan. 2, GovExec reports. The National Air Traffic Controllers Association estimates the Federal
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The Transportation Security Administration has appointed 24 new members to its Aviation Security Advisory Committee, established in 1989 after the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing. The panel advises the agency and gives
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The number of safety errors made by air traffic controllers involving flights near U.S. airports doubled between fiscal 2008 and 2011, the Government Accountability Office said. In a report released Thursday, GAO
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