Data Comm, the NextGen technology that enhances safety and reduces delays by dramatically improving the way air traffic controllers and pilots talk to each other, is up and running at five airports in the New York metropolitan area: JFK, LaGuardia, Newark, Teterboro and Westchester. These airports were among the first to receive the critical system […]
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Astronics Max-Viz 1400 High Resolution Enhanced Vision System Certified to DO-160G Standards
Astronics Corporation announced that its Max-Viz 1400 Enhanced Vision System (EVS) for fixed and rotor wing aircraft has been certified to DO-160G standards by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA). DO-160G is the industry standard for the environmental testing of avionics hardware and is recognized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) as de […]
Greater Rochester International Airport Wins $40M Revitalization Award
Steve Baldwin Associates (SBA) announced that their client, the Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC) was one of two winners in Round 1 of New York State’s “Upstate Airport Economic Development and Revitalization” competition. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo made the announcement of the $40 million state award in Rochester on September 21 to a […]
US Navy Blue Angels, Heritage Flight and US Army Golden Knights to Headline Syracuse International Air Show
Military presence will be stronger than ever at the Syracuse International Air Show on June 11-12 and will feature the US Navy Blue Angels celebrating their 70th Anniversary with flight demonstration exhibits, choreographed refinements of skills possessed by all naval aviators. The Air Combat Command F-16 Viper Demonstration Team at Shaw AFB, S.C., performs precision […]
International Aviation Snow Symposium
This spring, the International Aviation Snow Symposium hosted in Buffalo, New York April 23rd-27th, 2016, will focus exclusively on airfield snow removal and winter operations. Celebrating the incredible milestone of the 50th Anniversary, of the International Aviation Snow Symposium will take place at the Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. This year the Convention Center will not […]
Astronics Max-Viz Commends FAA for Supporting Enhanced Vision Systems to Improve GA Safety
Astronics Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Astronics Max-Viz, commended the FAA’s General Aviation Joint Steering Committee (GAJSC) for recent statements in support of enhanced vision technology to improve general aviation safety in situations involving weather, night, smoke and other obstructions to vision. Max-Viz develops Enhanced Vision Systems (EVS) that enable increased pilot visibility, especially in […]
Albany International Completes Runway Rehabilitation
The recently completed Runway 01-19 project at Albany International Airport involved a very tight milling and paving schedule, and was done completely at night. Money talks, and the airport made sure that their runway rehabilitation would be completed on time by instituting a $5,000 liquidated damages clause for every 15 minutes of delay in re-opening […]
New York Job-Creating Initiative Passed to Support Airports
The New York State Senate and Assembly passed, as part of the state budget, a job-creating initiative to stimulate New York’s aviation industry and support the state’s airports and the communities they serve. Known as the New York Aviation Jobs Act, the measure was advanced with the strong support of the New York Aviation Management […]
New York Awards $9 Million to 26 Aviation Projects
The State of New York awarded $9 million to 26 aviation projects through the Governor’s Aviation Capital Grants Program. These investments will enhance airport safety and security, including taxi-lane striping and markings, runway and airfield maintenance, and installation of automatic weather observation stations. Other airport related improvements that will benefit from this funding include the […]
FAA Announces New York UAS Test Site Now Operational
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that the Griffiss International Airport unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test site in Rome, N.Y., is ready to conduct research vital to integrating UAS into the national airspace system (NAS). The site is the fifth of six test sites to become operational. In addition to providing invaluable […]
