Congress is revisiting ADS-B privacy as AOPA-backed legislation proposes limiting tracking data to safety uses and prohibiting fee collection tied to ADS-B broadcasts.

Safety investigators and lawmakers are opposing provisions in the US defence spending bill that would exempt some military ...

In the news among aviation enthusiasts, the ADS-B data aggregation and aircraft tracking site ADSB-Exchange has been sold by its founder to JETNET for a reported $20,000,000. This type of routine ...

A new report highlights the risks of ADS-B transponders. But it focuses on technology rather than operation security. We have been writing about this topic since 2011. As most of our readers already ...

Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology is fundamental to how Flightradar24 tracks flights. In this video we explore how ADS-B works and look at it's major components, including ...

It was just a rumor, but I liked the idea. I’d heard that the FAA was going to equip all the airplanes in the Washington, D.C., area with ADS-B and UAT so it could better monitor their movements. The ...

The choice of an ADS-B receiver depends on a pilot's budget, desired level of integration with existing avionics or Electronic Flight Bags (EFBs), and the need for additional features like ...

As the business and general aviation industry gathers in Las Vegas for the annual NBAA business aviation conference and exhibition the week of Oct. 9, the FAA ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2020, business and general aviation operators will be able to apply for a new Privacy ICAO Address (PIA) on 1090 MHz automatic dependent surveillance ...

New open source tools complement ADS-B and allow you to spot military activities (including close encounters) all around the world. We have been researching ADS-B as a tool to carry out OSINT (Open ...