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The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, has ramped up testing of SpaceX's Starlink satellite-based internet service as ...
Given the meteoric rise of AI applications, the control tower may be ripe for full automation in the near future. Human ...
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is offering technology from his company’s Starlink to the Federal Aviation Administration to “restore air traffic control connectivity” as he warns the current systems ...
United Airlines has run, or should we say flown, into issues with its Starlink Wi-Fi. In fact, it's turned it off on all regional flights. Here's why.
Planes equipped with Starlink now get enough internet speed for online gaming, videoconferencing and 4K video streaming.
Congress approved a sweeping budget deal that includes $12.5 billion to modernize America’s aging air traffic control system.
An air traffic control told friends and family to avoid Newark “like the plague.” REUTERS This is a busy area, with the three major airports and all these satellite airports — it’s like a ...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy unveiled a plan on Thursday to ask Congress for billions of dollars to modernize the aging U.S. air traffic control system to address airport congestion ...
Virgin Atlantic will become the first UK airline to adopt Starlink, a satellite internet service owned by the aerospace company SpaceX. The rollout of the Wi-Fi service will commence in the third ...
The Trump administration has announced an ambitious three-year plan to replace the nation's aging air traffic control system.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with aviation expert William McGee about the challenges facing the nation's air traffic control system following two communication outages at Newark's airport.