‘Subpar conditions and equipment’: Florida air traffic control facility due for upgrade
U.S. Rep. Darren Soto said some of the facility’s antiquated devices reminded him of an Atari video game system popular in ...
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DroneDeploy Gets FAA Clearance for Beyond Visual Line of Sight US Waiver
DroneDeploy announced Jan. 28 it has been granted Federal Aviation Administration approval for a nationwide U.S. Beyond Visual Line of Sight waiver where a pilot on the ground cannot see a full ...
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How Americans ended up without an FAA administrator as Trump came into office
Rachel Maddow tells the story of how the former FAA administrator, Michael Whitaker, fell afoul of Elon Musk and was driven from his position upon Donald Trump taking office. With Trump's ...
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Trump targets FAA diversity efforts in plane crash probe despite no evidence they played any role
Among his chief targets: An FAA diversity hiring initiative he suggested had undermined the agency’s effectiveness. “But certainly for an air traffic controller, we want the brightest ...
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Planes collide at airport in Seattle as FAA takes new steps to prevent helicopter-plane crashes
The FAA took additional steps to prevent helicopter-plane collisions such as the one that killed 67 people last week. NBC News' Tom Costello reports.Feb. 5, 2025 ...
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I've observed hundreds of Reagan National Airport flights. Here's why I dreaded them.
During my time as an FAA safety inspector, I was based at the FAA headquarters just a couple of miles from Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) for five years. During that time I observed ...
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FAA says staffing ‘not normal’ at D.C. airport tower during crash, NY Times says
citing an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration safety report about the collision. The controller who was handling helicopter’s near the airport at the time was also instructing ...
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ParaZero’s Safety Systems Enable FAA Waiver for Advanced Drone Operations Over People and Moving Vehicles
A leading drone solutions provider, utilizing ParaZero’s advanced safety technology, has secured a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) waiver to conduct Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS ...
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Some federal websites temporarily go dark after order to comply with Trump DEI directive
Pages for the Federal Aviation Administration, the Census Bureau and the Justice Department were among those that went blank. The FAA and Justice Department later came back online. President ...
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Desell earns FAA award for aviation database project
Eva Navarro among list of 100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics 2025 RIT Professor Eva Navarro López was named one of the world’s most influential people in artificial intelligence (AI) ethics. She was ...
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‘Subpar conditions and equipment’: Orlando air traffic control facility due for upgrade
The FAA has identified 52 air traffic control towers and TRACON facilities, including Orlando’s, that are candidates for replacement. Though the control tower is the most visible component of ...
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Investigators set to brief lawmakers on DC midair collision
The helicopter’s designated route had a strict altitude limit of 200 feet, according to FAA charts.Potomac TRACON is a regional air traffic control facility that fuses information from multiple ...