Something strange has been going on in the friendly skies over the last day or so. Flights are being canceled. Aircraft are grounded. Passengers are understandably upset. The core of the issue is GPS ...

If you’ve ever heard the sound of an aircraft passing overhead and looked at an online plane tracker to try and figure out what it was, then you’ve interacted with ADS-B. It’s a protocol designed to ...

TIS-B (Traffic Information Services-Broadcast) provides ADS-B-equipped aircraft with comprehensive traffic information by gathering and broadcasting non-ADS-B radar and WAM targets. The service is ...

ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast) is an advanced aviation surveillance technology providing pilots with superior air-to-air and ground-to-air traffic information, including unique IDs ...

On Mar. 15, for the first time ever at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center a Ikhana MQ-9 unmanned aircraft (modified Reaper) flew with an Automated Surveillance-Broadcast, or ADS-B transponder. It ...

Aircraft enthusiasts’ dream of tracking drones on FlightRadar24 or PlaneFinder as the fly in the U.S. airspace, may soon become a reality. The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the manufacturer of ...

In the Part 25 retrofit market you see a lot of different configurations to start with, therefore there’s no one cookie-cutter approach you can get to put in an ADS-B system.— Mark Francetic, Duncan ...

As the business and general aviation industry gathers in Las Vegas for the annual NBAA business aviation conference and exhibition the week of Oct. 9, the FAA ...

No audio available for this content. Canada is leveraging advanced surveillance capabilities to enhance safety and efficiency by implementing a new mandate that will require aircraft operators flying ...

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday announced the introduction of a bill intended to prevent collisions between commercial and military aircraft. The Rotorcraft Operations Transparency and Oversight ...

For amateur aviation enthusiasts, there's no greater thrill than watching an airplane steer on the ground and then take to the air. It's quite the feat of physics and engineering to get an aircraft to ...