Aerospace & Defense Standards News

June 30, 2006

Federal IT Security Executives Express Concern with HSPD-12 Compliance
Nearly half of federal information technology (IT) security executives do not have an integrated plan to help their agency meet the U.S. Office ... more

June 30, 2006

NASA Scientific & Technical Aerospace Reports - June 20_ 2006
The aeronautics, astronautics, space sciences, nuclear physics, solar physics, communications and radar, cybernetics/artificial intelligence/robotics, ... more

June 30, 2006

OMB Reinforces Strict Adherence to Safeguard Standards
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) continued its efforts to ensure agencies protect sensitive data including names, Social Security ... more

June 30, 2006

CBP, NNSA, Egypt Agree to Joint Nuclear Smuggling Prevention Effort
The U.S. signed a Declaration of Principles with the government of Egypt to help thwart smuggling of nuclear and other radioactive material. ... more

June 30, 2006

CAA Launches U.K. Aircraft Safety Consultation
The U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) launched a consultation on enhancing the safety of aircraft flying in U.K. airspace through the use of ... more

June 30, 2006

AOPA Urges FAA to Hold Foreign Aircraft to U.S. Airworthiness Standards
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) urged the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to apply the same standards and procedures ... more

June 30, 2006

U.K. DSTAN Seeks Comments for EMC Management & Planning Standard
Comments are being solicited for draft U.K. Defence Standard (Def Stan) 59-411 - Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Part 1 Management and Planning.The ... more

June 30, 2006

Boeing Completes Wideband Gapfiller Satellite Environmental Tests
Boeing Co. announced the first of three Wideband Gapfiller satellites (WGS) completed dynamic environmental tests to confirm the spacecraft's ... more

June 30, 2006

Changes to Accommodate A380 Aircraft to Cost U.S. Airports $927M
The 18 U.S. airports that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified as making changes to accommodate the Airbus A380 estimated that ... more

June 28, 2006

Frost: Network-centric Warfare Spurs Demand for Land-based Sensors
Network-centric warfare (NCW) enables the use of digitized operational assets to generate and leverage information supplied in battlespace. In ... more

June 28, 2006

GAMA: General Aviation Benefits U.S. Economy
General aviation (GA) contributed more than $150B to the U.S. economy in 2005, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), ... more

June 28, 2006

IATA to Require IOSA Registration of All Members
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) approved a resolution at its annual meeting that will require all IATA members to be IATA ... more

June 26, 2006

SAE Releases International Standard for Airline Galley Carts
Tools for Aviation/Aerospace ... more

June 26, 2006

EU Signs Aviation Agreement with New Zealand
The European Union (EU) and New Zealand recently signed an aviation agreement that allows European airlines to fly between New Zealand and any ... more

June 23, 2006

Eurocontrol Reveals Air-Ground Communications Safety Initiatives
Eurocontrol introduced a series of new air-ground safety initiatives. ... more

June 21, 2006

Frost: Innovation Spurs North American Air Traffic Management Markets
The adoption of revolutionary air traffic management (ATM) concepts, such as satellite navigation, digital communications, datalinks and automatic ... more

June 21, 2006

DHS Releases Review of Nationwide Catastrophic Event Preparedness
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued findings from a national assessment of the country's catastrophic planning capabilities. ... more

June 20, 2006

Boeing Launches Next Generation Earth Observation Satellite for NASA/NOAA
The Boeing Co. launched the first of three Boeing-built next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-N) for NASA ... more

June 16, 2006

AOPA: General Aviation Spared in New TSA Cargo Security Rule
The new cargo security rule adopted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will have little effect on general aviation (GA), the ... more

June 16, 2006

NSA Recognizes Cisco for Federal Security Certification, Training Standards
Cisco Systems received an award and formal certification from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) and the Committee on National Security ... more