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Air traffic control for drones: BYU engineers introduce low-cost UAV detection technology
With the exponential rise in drone activity, safely managing low-flying airspace has become a major issue. Using a network of ...
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Is flying still safe? Here’s what experts say
Understandably, anxiety around flying has spiked ... outdated technology, short-staffed air traffic control towers and onerous training requirements among the issues “rendering the current ...
Helicopter in DC plane crash was flying twice as high as it should have, lacked new tech as FAA nixes all chopper traffic near collision site
The military helicopter that collided with an American Airlines flight over Washington, DC, was flying nearly twice as high ...
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Flying is the safest way to travel. Here's how it got the distinction. | Cruising Altitude
Data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics confirms that flying is the safest mode ... in piloting but also in maintenance, in air traffic control, manufacturing, it’s all across the ...
Trump rails against DEI after DC plane crash, but it doesn't apply to air traffic controllers
Donald Trump claimed, without citing evidence, that DEI initiatives at the FAA were partly to blame for the tragic plane and ...
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US transportation chief reconsidering air traffic rules, talks to Musk
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Wednesday he is reconsidering rules that allowed air traffic control supervisors ... military's flying of helicopter ...
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Is flying still safe? Here’s what experts say
And in 2023, a string of near-collisions at U.S. airports spurred the creation of a new independent safety review team.Understandably, anxiety around flying ... staffed air traffic control towers ...