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DCA’s tower goes digital, bringing “electronic flight strips” to one of America’s tightest airspaces

DCA’s tower goes digital, bringing “electronic flight strips” to one of America’s tightest airspaces

Washington-area air traffic controllers have long managed aircraft movements with paper “flight strips”—narrow printed slips, one per flight, that controllers physically pass around and mark up while coordinating taxi, takeoff, and landing. Doug Lieberman, vice president and chief technology officer for air traffic at Leidos, said that workflow
Jason Lee Bakke Mar 27, 2026
LaGuardia crash exposes persistent gaps in US runway safety systems

LaGuardia crash exposes persistent gaps in US runway safety systems

The deadly 22 March collision between Air Canada Express Flight 8646 and an airport firetruck at New York's LaGuardia Airport has intensified scrutiny of runway safety shortcomings the Federal Aviation Administration has struggled for years to resolve, reports the Wall Street Journal. The crash, which killed both pilots
Jason Lee Bakke Mar 24, 2026
NTSB holds contentious hearing on fatal passenger jet collision with Black Hawk near DCA

NTSB holds contentious hearing on fatal passenger jet collision with Black Hawk near DCA

A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) public hearing on 30 July 2025 brought new scrutiny to the 29 January midair crash that killed sixty-seven near Washington National Airport, reports the New York Times. The collision, involving an Army UH-60L Black Hawk and an American Airlines commuter flight, highlighted
Jason Lee Bakke Jul 31, 2025

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