With the 2020 mandate for ADS-B Out equipment for aircraft flying in controlled airspace rapidly approaching — and the FAA offering a $500 equipment rebate to the first 20,000 aircraft owners to get ...

ADS-B, which stands for "Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast", is a surveillance technology used in aviation to track aircraft in real-time. It allows aircraft to broadcast all different types ...

It was just a rumor, but I liked the idea. I'd heard that the FAA was going to equip all the airplanes in the Washington, D.C., area with ADS-B and UAT so it could better monitor their movements. The ...

REYKJAVÍK, Iceland and MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Isavia ANS, Iceland's Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), has announced today that it has signed an agreement to expand usage of ...

Aireon and Boeing announced a new agreement today that will add space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance data to the aircraft manufacturer’s internally operated ...

FAA on April 26 began operational use of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) at its Philadelphia air-traffic control facility. ADS-B coverage will extend 60 nm out and 10,000 ft. up.

ADS-B is a key component of the FAA's NextGen program intended to increase safety and efficiency to meet the growing needs of air transportation. The period of performance for the initial contract is ...

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ITHACA, N.Y., May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ursa Space Systems, a leading provider of space-based insights, and Aireon, the pioneer of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) ...

ITT Exelis has been awarded a contract to provide a crucial link in the Aireon space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) network that is being developed to allow surveillance ...

Senator Ted Cruz, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, is introducing a new bill that would "close the regulatory loophole" that allows military aircraft to turn off key flight tracking ...

A Black Hawk helicopter’s safety system was “turned off” before a horror mid-air crash that killed 67 in Washington DC.