The aircraft flown successfully by the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk on Dec. 17, 1903, was called the "Wright Flyer." Yet its simple name and spartan design concealed the labor and intelligence ...

DENVER, Colorado — The aviation industry has long grappled with a pivotal challenge: how to make use of the vast amounts of data generated by aircraft, both for enhanced security and for deeper ...

From the inner workings of an airport and the surrounding airspace to passenger data and the information going back and forth from the flight deck to the airline operations center, the connected ...

RDC Aviation, a tech and data services provider for the air transport industry, is a new customer for Spire Global’s aviation data. In a deal announced Tuesday, Spire will supply its satellite and ...

The African Business Aviation Association (AFBAA) has launched a research initiative designed to improve understanding, perception and knowledge of business aviation across Africa and provide the ...

ADS-B, intended for aviation safety, is being misused by "keyboard warriors" who access public FAA aircraft registry data to find and harass private aircraft owners with anonymous threatening letters.

In today’s fast-paced aviation industry, weather data isn’t just another box to tick — it’s a critical component of operational success. Yet, many of the data providers for airlines think of weather ...

DataMasters announced new structural updates to its aviation data infrastructure designed to strengthen the accuracy, reliability, and segmentation capabilities used by organizations aiming to reach ...

Flight crews reported more cases of ground-based lasers hitting aircraft last year than at any time since records started in 2010. A police officer whose helicopter was struck compared the experience ...

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has started to use Mode-S aircraft observations again to improve the quality of forecasts after this type of data was found to be used in ...