CommercialBuzzer-Beating Bill: FAA Set to Get Funding Before Shut-Down with Congress Reauthorization Vote The U.S. Senate today voted 90-7 to end debate on the FAA reauthorization bill which would keep it funded for the next five years and prevent an agency shutdown next week. The…
CommercialFAA Re-Authorization Bill Passes House Ahead of October 1 Deadline A re-authorization bill for the FAA that will secure nearly $90 billion in funding over five years for the agency passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a margin of 398-to-23…
CommercialDo Airports Need to Be Mandated to Adopt Cybersecurity Practices? Cybersecurity standards and best practices don’t appear to be widely adopted by airports and, given pervasive cyber threats, Congress should consider directing the adoption of these standards across the aviation industry, an…
UnmannedTrump Nominee for DHS Undersecretary Advocates Anti-Drone Bill Legislation in the Senate permitting the use of technology to defeat potential threats from drones is necessary to enable the testing and evaluation of these technologies in operationally relevant environments, a Department…
MilitarySenate Panel Supports More F-35s Than Trump Requested at $675B The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel (SAC-D) approved a $675-billion fiscal year 2019 defense appropriations bill that would fund 89 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, 12 more than the Trump administration requested.…
MilitaryCould Honeywell's Plan to Produce F-35 Parts in Turkey Backfire Amid Political Turmoil? Honeywell, which makes brake components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in South Bend, Ind., plans to move that work to Turkey this summer, drawing criticism from the state’s senior U.S. senator.…
MilitarySenate Wants More Oversight of F-35 Sustainment Costs The U.S. Senate has approved a proposal that would require the Pentagon to regularly brief lawmakers on efforts to contain sustainment costs for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. The measure would require…
MilitaryF-35 Development Contract Pushed Back The U.S. Department of Defense plans to award a major follow-on development contract for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in June 2019, about 10 months later than previously planned, according to a…
UnmannedUS DHS, DOJ Receive Counter-Drone Authority Under Proposed Senate Bill A small bipartisan group of senators Monday introduced legislation that would give the U.S. departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Justice (DOJ) authority to defeat threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to…
MilitaryUS Defense Authorization Bill Passes HASC, Includes Funding For 77 F-35s The U.S. House Armed Services Committee (HASC) approved its fiscal year 2019 defense authorization bill by a 60-to-1 vote early May 10 after more than 14 hours of deliberations on various amendments.…