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 ...

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 ...

Airbus has launched a new aviation data platform in collaboration with Palantir Technologies – pioneers in big-data integration and advanced analytics. Skywise aims to become the single platform of ...

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 ...

As airlines prepare to weather a period of lower demand in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, analysis of aircraft-generated data and other technologies that promote maintenance efficiencies—and ...

A new software configuration management and distribution tool, Loadstar Server Enterprise 3 (LSE 3), has the potential to eliminate the use of floppy disks and other physical media still being used by ...

When Sergey Petrossov founded JetSmarter in 2012, he reshaped private-jet travel through an AI-powered mobile marketplace. The platform turned fragmented charter operations into streamlined digital ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly finding its way into nearly every industry, but aviation has ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the airline industry and aviation safety. Mar 13, 2014, 09:54am EDT Mar 17, 2014, 10:46am EDT This article is more ...