Airborne weather radar is a critical tactical tool for thunderstorm avoidance, inferring hazards like turbulence and hail by detecting liquid water, as it cannot directly detect these dangers. Pilots ...

Raytheon is promoting a new low-cost active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar intended for a range of aircraft types, from legacy fighters to ‘loyal wingman’ unmanned air vehicles (UAVs). The ...

For amateur aviation enthusiasts, there's no greater thrill than watching an airplane steer on the ground and then take to the air. It's quite the feat of physics and engineering to get an aircraft to ...

The FAA will now require air traffic controllers to use radar to separate planes and helicopters near airports. This new rule replaces the previous reliance on pilots using visual separation, known as ...