EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENTS
EASA and EUROCONTROL issued a joint action plan on GNSS interference.
The plan is aimed at strengthening the safety and resilience of European aviation operations as interference events become more frequent, especially near conflict zones. It sets out short-, mid-, and long-term measures, including harmonised procedures, clearer allocation of responsibilities, and work with manufacturers and avionics stakeholders on more interference-resilient solutions. EASA and EUROCONTROL state that the action plan seeks a common operational picture of interference events, updated guidance for crews and controllers, better information exchange through Member States, and support for long-term avionics resilience.
EASA’s 2026 EPAS edition extends strategic priorities through the end of 2026 and adds rulemaking emphasis relevant to operators and manufacturers
New priorities include big-data technologies for aviation safety risk management, rules simplification, and implementation of the SES 2+ framework, while new rulemaking tasks address manufacturer flights, group operations, and ATM/ANS-related common requirements. From the legal point of view, the ona are on simplification of rules, SES 2+ implementation, and new operational and ATM/ANS workstreams that could later cascade into certification, compliance, and operator obligations.
US DEVELOPMENTS
FAA announced a new measure for separation between airplanes and helicopters in certain busy-airport environments
The FAA said controllers will suspend the use of visual separation in the covered scenarios and instead use radar-based separation minima, a U.S. development worth monitoring for EU stakeholders focused on mixed-traffic safety and urban-air-mobility policy benchmarking.
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