Air TaxiElectric Air Taxi Companies Want to be Included in Infrastructure Bill Air taxi companies are calling on Congress to include eligibility for electric aircraft charging infrastructure in the bipartisan infrastructure bill currently being negotiated by Congress and the White House. In a July…
Air TaxiCongress Could Create a Working Group to Address Advanced Air Mobility The Advanced Air Mobility Coordination and Leadership Act could create an interagency working group of over 10 departments and agencies to advance advanced air mobility (AAM) efforts like safety, infrastructure, and federal…
MilitaryDHS Continues to Warn Private Industry Against Using Foreign-Made Drones Government cybersecurity officials continue to warn U.S. companies about the dangers of using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) designed or manufactured abroad, according to a sensitive document distributed to private industry by the…
CommercialFAA Admin Nominee Dickson Pledges to Investigate MAX, Prioritize Safety Restoring trust in the FAA will be a big job for the agency's next administrator, and Congress wants nominee Stephen Dickson to know it. Appearing before the Senate's Commerce Committee, which oversees…
RegulationFAA to Debut Remote ID Rule in July The FAA plans to release its remote identification ruling for UAS in July, UAS Integration Office Executive Director Jay Merkle said in front of Congress Wednesday. The remote ID rules — often…
ATM ModernizationFAA Lags on Congressional Cybersecurity Mandates from 2016, Finds OIG The Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found that the FAA has yet to meet cybersecurity mandates required under the 2016 FAA Extension, Safety and Security Act, according…
CommercialCongressman: Would FAA Funding Bill Make Future Shutdowns 'Easy'? Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), the ranking member on the House Subcommittee on Aviation, is concerned that a proposal to keep the FAA fully funded during any future government shutdowns would open up a can…
CommercialGovernment Shutdown Hearing: Modernization Threatened, Staffing Uncertain Presidents of five major aviation groups appeared before Congress Wednesday to testify on the impact of the 35-day government shutdown and support the bill that would ensure consistent funding for the FAA…
RegulationNew House Bill Would Fund FAA During Government Shutdown A new bill that would protect the FAA's funding in the event of government shutdown was put forward Friday in the House of Representatives by Reps. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and Rick Larsen,…
CommercialFAA Funded for Five Years: Reauthorization Bill Passes Congress with Wide Support The U.S. Senate has passed a bill to reauthorize the FAA ahead of the extended Oct. 5 deadline, providing five years of funding for the agency for the first time in 36…