A detailed study of more than 900 unmanned-aircraft sightings reported to the FAA by pilots and air traffic controllers has concluded that 90 involved encounters with commercial aircraft close enough to meet the agency’s definition of a near midair collision.
Honeywell says it will begin offering a traffic-alert and collision-avoidance system (TCAS)-coupled autopilot option as part of a Primus Epic avionics-suite upgrade that will be available within the next two years.
Long in coming—its unique outlines were first sketched on the back of a wall calendar in 1997—the HA-420 HondaJet was awarded its FAR 23 Type Certificate on Dec. 8.
Global Jet Capital—which provides financing for large-cabin private jets—has completed about 90% of its acquisition of GE’s fixed-wing corporate-aircraft portfolio in the Americas, it said.
System-performance improvements, in part due to recent space-borne receiver software upgrades, should allow space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) provider Aireon to offer air navigation service providers (ANSPs) with both terrestrial and oceanic ADS-B surveillance capabilities.
