Authorities believe everyone on board a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter that collided in mid-air before crashing into a river in Washington DC on Wednesday have been killed. An American ...

Researchers warn commercial airplane systems can be spoofed impacting flight safety of nearby aircraft. The aircraft safety system known as the Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) can ...

When two aircraft are unknowingly on a collision course, TCAS - the Traffic Collision Avoidance System — comes alive. Alarms echo through the cockpit as the transponders on both jets communicate, ...

On Wednesday night US time, a passenger jet and US Army helicopter collided at a low altitude near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, and crashed into the Potomac River. A total of 60 ...

Aviation experts across the U.S. are warning that hackers could create a new risk for fliers: The system used on airplanes to warn pilots of impending collisions is vulnerable to attack. This ...

The crash late Wednesday of American Eagle Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport has brought fresh attention to a technology known as a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS, which ...

OLATHE, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA ...

SEATTLE — A lone safety inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration who oversees flight operations at Horizon Air has stuck his neck out to insist that the airline’s jets cannot take off with ...

One of two firefighting helicopters that collided in midair over a Southern California brush fire lacked an electronic warning device that alerts pilots to approaching aircraft — a critical deficiency ...

BAE Systems has won business from two more European operators of Boeing 737s and 757s to upgrade existing Traffic Collision and Avoidance Systems (TCAS). The new business comes from Romania’s TAROM ...

Europe’s air transport regulator is formally recommending adoption of rules enabling aircraft to use the latest collision-avoidance technology within the continent’s airspace. Aircraft with a maximum ...

Helicopter operator Bristow Group is preparing to embark on a trial to establish whether airborne collision-avoidance systems (ACAS) could be used for civil helicopter operations. It is planning to ...