COVINGTON, La., Aug. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Globalstar, Inc. (NYSE MKT:GSAT) and its partner, ADS-B Technologies, LLC announced today that NASA Langley has selected ALAS space-based ADS-B technology for its two-way communications requirements relative to ongoing R&D work at the Langley Research Center. ALAS is a simple, low cost peripheral that i...

The FINANCIAL -- Heathrow on August 10 announced plans to trial a steeper approach for aircraft landing at Heathrow.     This trial is one of 10 practical steps Heathrow is taking through its Blueprint for Noise Reduction to explore ways to improve the noise climate around Heathrow. If adopted, it will be the only airport in the UK to introduc...

    A PIECE OF Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 might have washed up on a tropical island. If investigators do find that the piece belongs to the lost Boeing 777, it would answer a lot of questions. One question it will not answer however, is where the plane went down.   Most non-conspiracy theories have put MH370's crash site s...

Security matters have been a hot topic of discussion since the Germanwings crash in late March. Pilots consider some of the recommendations to be unsuitable. Cockpit des Airbus A320   Everyone agrees that an accident like that should never happen again. As a result, two expert groups are now discussing new safety measures. Pilots cons...

    Aircraft operators will be able to reduce flight delays and maintenance costs soon, thanks to the commercialisation of wearable technology from CSIRO.     The technology, known as Guardian Mentor Remote, comprises a connected headset and glasses, which connects onsite operators with expert mechanics elsewhere, so th...

  The L.A. area has been hit by an unlikely storm over the weekend. An Alaska Airlines plane carrying 159 passengers made a safe emergency landing in Los Angeles after it was struck by lightning. Airline spokeswoman Bobbie Egan says the flight left Los Angeles International Airport around 12:40 p.m. Saturday and returned within the ...

    The US aviation giant Boeing says it has asked airlines to address a maintenance issue after a passenger jet's landing gear panel fell off after takeoff on to a Shanghai suburb.     The sheet of metal weighing 60kg (130 pounds) plunged to the ground shortly after Air France flight 111 took off from Shanghai headed f...

  All countries are being urged to support a system to share information on the safety of air routes, on the first anniversary of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 disaster. The call came from the British Airline Pilots Association as memorial services were held to mark the shooting down of the Boeing 777 over Ukraine with the loss of ...

Airbus is looking at new ways of detecting improperly latched engine cowling doors after the latest in a series of incidents resulting in the loss of the doors in flight.     The development is reported by the UK Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) in its findings on an incident involving a British Airways Airbus A319-100, which lost the ...

  Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems says it has developed a body sensor that could help save the lives of pilots by forewarning of possible loss of consciousness in extreme manoeuvres or because of oxygen starvation. Named "Canary", the system is initially geared for the military market and fighter pilots who ex...