Federal Aviation Administration

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said Monday, Jan. 6 that it is closely monitoring events in the Middle East "to identify potential risks to civil aviation safety." FAA's statement comes in the wake of a U.S. drone attack early Jan. 3 in Baghdad that killed Iran's top military commander,...

Federal air safety regulators may get more involved in the design of new planes from the beginning as part of a fundamental shift in how new aircraft are certified to fly. Federal Aviation Administrator Stephen Dickson said in an interview over the weekend with The Wall Street Journal that...

Boeing Co's (NASDAQ: BA) stock plummeted Friday after a report that the company this week gave federal investigators text messages from 2016 suggesting it may have misled officials probing the grounded 737 MAX airplane. Federal Aviation Administrator Steve Dickson sent a letter to Boeing saying...

Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) failed to adequately explain to regulators a new automated system that contributed to two crashes of the 737 Max, and the Federal Aviation Administration lacked the capability to analyze what Boeing did share about the new planes, according to a multiagency task force report,...

Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) expects it will complete the latest software update for the 737 MAX by September after new issues arose last week during a test, according to Reuters. The 737 MAX jets have been grounded since March after two fatal crashes in five months.  It was previously...

The ability to prevent a catastrophic freight accident took a serious hit during the 35-day partial government shutdown as agencies in Washington, D.C. tasked with regulating safety struggled to operate with limited personnel. President Trump announced today he would reopen the government for three...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) long opposed the privatization of air traffic control, claiming that such a move would prompt 20- to 29-percent price hikes in air travel and disrupt present progress toward improvements. “Any effort to separate the ATO [Air Traffic Organization] from the FAA...

On Monday, President Donald Trump kicked off his effort to reform the Federal Aviation Administration. The initiative is expected to mirror a plan by House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster, which died after committee last year. Privatizing Air-Traffic Control The...

Hobbyists had a message for the Federal Aviation Administration: Leave my drone alone. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., agreed, ruling on Friday that the FAA’s drone registration rule violates the agency’s own guidelines under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act,...

The U.S. is tiptoeing into a future of autonomous vehicles, but the United Arab Emirates is taking the shift one step further. Dubai will launch passenger drones — essentially flying, pilotless taxis — as early as July. According to a Monday promotional video by the Roads and Transport...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is set to announce a new set of rules and regulations governing the use of drones for business purposes. While the FAA hasn't officially released any new laws and regulations yet, a screenshot of leaked rules has popped up online. Drone Law Journal obtained...

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) may be fined $350,000 by the Federal Aviation Administration for a shipping accident that occurred in 2014. According to CNN Money, Amazon failed to properly package or label a box it shipped to customers that contained the Liquid Fire drain cleaner. It was...

Drones have been a hot topic so far this year, as more companies argue that the unmanned aircraft would have a tremendous impact on their operations. The increased focus on drone usage has caused many to wonder whether 2016 could be the year that drone deliveries are finally made possible....

The drone industry has been through several twists and turns since the devices made their way to the market in the early '00s. The unmanned aircraft have become something of a novelty to the general public, but the use case for the devices have exploded across a range of industries, leaving...

The Federal Aviation Administration's computer system wreaked travel havoc across the East Coast this weekend after a software update gone wrong caused the cancellation of nearly 500 flights. Flights controlled by the FAA's Leesburg, Virginia, facility were restricted from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on...