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The Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday it is shrinking the area around Reagan Washington National Airport where helicopters are allowed to operate.
Trump's pick to lead the FAA vows to uphold safety standards despite lobbying against tougher pilot training rules.
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration blasted the regulator’s risk-averse culture and a lack of strong leadership, saying those shortcomings have stymied efforts to modernize the US air traffic control system.
The problem here is that Archer Aviation's Midnight eVTOLs are still in the testing phase of development. It is still attempting to get regulatory approval to use it with commercial customers. The FAA approval process is long and difficult, given the risks involved with airplane accidents.
GOP Sen. Rand Paul is accusing the White House of “immaturity” and engaging in “petty vindictiveness” after he and his family were disinvited from the annual White House picnic long held with members of both parties. "It's hard enough getting the everyday American to support our troops these days without deploying them to attack our own civilians."
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The FAA is set to overhaul its ancient air traffic control systems that still uses a combination of Windows 95, floppy disks, and paper cards.
Windows has seen several versions come and go since then, but it seems that the Federal Aviation Administration hasn’t kept up. According to Windows Central, the FAA is only now planning to phase out the 30-year-old OS. At a budget hearing recently ...
Deschutes County sheriff's investigators and the Federal Aviation Administration are working to find the owner of a drone that was illegally flown over last week's Euston Fire northwest of Redmond and crashed.