FAA joins push to use wireless signals for aircraft-safety systems
US aviation regulators have teamed up with their European counterparts to develop common standards aimed at harnessing wireless signals for a potentially wide array of aircraft-safety systems. Nearly a year after Airbus unsuccessfully urged FAA officials to join in such efforts, the agency has set up an advisory committee to cooperate with European experts specifically to “provide general guidance to industry” on the topic. The FAA’s decision became public Tuesday, during a meeting of the top policy-making committee of RTCA, an industry-govt group that serves as the regulatory agency’s primary think tank on technical issues. The goal, according to the FAA, is “to enable improvements in safety and a reduction in weight” by eliminating some of the wiring that now connects many systems on board jetliners. <br/>
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FAA joins push to use wireless signals for aircraft-safety systems
US aviation regulators have teamed up with their European counterparts to develop common standards aimed at harnessing wireless signals for a potentially wide array of aircraft-safety systems. Nearly a year after Airbus unsuccessfully urged FAA officials to join in such efforts, the agency has set up an advisory committee to cooperate with European experts specifically to “provide general guidance to industry” on the topic. The FAA’s decision became public Tuesday, during a meeting of the top policy-making committee of RTCA, an industry-govt group that serves as the regulatory agency’s primary think tank on technical issues. The goal, according to the FAA, is “to enable improvements in safety and a reduction in weight” by eliminating some of the wiring that now connects many systems on board jetliners. <br/>
