Utilizing Flexible FDR Architectures to Meet Upcoming Regulations

March 14, 2019

Flight Data Recorders (FDR), also commonly known as black boxes, are valuable tools for authorities to help increase flight safety. Since their inception, FDRs have provided information to investigators after a critical event; however, various incidents over the years have highlighted shortcomings in their design.

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Copa Airlines

Copa Airlines is one of the leading airlines in Latin America and one of the most successful and profitable airlines in the world. The carrier operates approximately 320 daily flights to 80 destinations in 32 countries in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Copa also is a member of the leading global airline alliance Star Alliance, and has code share agreements with United Airlines among other carriers.

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Staying Mission Ready

whitePaper | November 16, 2022

Top Three Reasons You Need Aircraft Maintenance Management & Tracking Software

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BFPCA Submission on the Aviation White Paper Terms of Reference

whitePaper | March 9, 2023

Brisbane families and communities are currently subject to severe aircraft noise pollution and suffering from associated health and related impacts from Brisbane Airport’s new flight paths launched in July 2020. Both the Aircraft Noise Ombudsman’s report and the Brisbane Airport PIR Advisory Forum (BAPAF) have independently confirmed that Brisbane communities were consciously misled using flawed noise modelling, deceptive and unprofessional community engagement, and are now being offered inadequate noise abatement.

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The milestones to decarbonize aviation

whitePaper | February 22, 2023

impact’s goal is to accelerate aviation’s transition to net zero. To do this, impact plans to leverage the responsibility and capabilities of aircraft financiers to ensure that well-defined sustainability targets are firmly anchored in loan or lease agreements. The metrics required for this should also improve the accuracy and clarity of reporting on the sustainability of the financiers’ investment and loan portfolios.

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A Roadmap Toward a Sustainable Aviation Ecosystem

whitePaper | August 31, 2022

This report outlines a holistic view of pathways to a sustainable aviation ecosystem, focusing on low-net-carbon aircraft energy carriers (fuels), airport ecosystems (airports and bases), and developments in sustainable aircraft components (aircraft). Taking this holistic ecosystem perspective, we identify critical components that contribute to sustainable energy solutions necessary to achieve deep decarbonization of the aviation industry, as well as the integrated energy system interfaces that must be comprehensively understood, planned for, and realized. Further, we outline necessary R&D needs to achieve sustainability across the aviation ecosystem, including advancing breakthrough innovations to rapidly achieve scalable solutions, with attention to their cross-sectoral dependencies and implications.

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Space Threat Assessment 2023

whitePaper | April 30, 2023

Space is central to this complexity. Not only does space underpin all instruments of our national power, but access to and freedom to maneuver in the domain are foundational to the United States’ status as a great power. This sixth edition of the Space Threat Assessment describes a domain undergoing a significant and rapid transformation. The number of objects in space continues to soar, the value of the global space economy is at an all-time high, and, unfortunately, the threat to the domain is real and concerning today. Over the past year and a half, there has been regular testing and use of reversible non-destructive capabilities as well as a destructive test that created a debris field, jeopardizing safe operations and indicating that the domain will continue to become more contested.

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South of the Clouds

whitePaper | March 23, 2023

The economic, environmental, health, societal and safety benefits associated with the application of drone technologies are starting to be experienced in the UK, but the full potential of their use is yet to be realised. Flying uncrewed aircraft - ‘drones’ - beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) of their pilots, creates advantage in numerous applications including health care delivery, search and rescue, connection of remote communities, Infrastructure inspection, removal of people from safety risk in industrial settings, and environmental monitoring.

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Spotlight

Copa Airlines

Copa Airlines is one of the leading airlines in Latin America and one of the most successful and profitable airlines in the world. The carrier operates approximately 320 daily flights to 80 destinations in 32 countries in North, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. Copa also is a member of the leading global airline alliance Star Alliance, and has code share agreements with United Airlines among other carriers.

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