The Department of Transportation component will use stakeholder responses to shape the FAA’s operational evaluations and standard-setting as unmanned aircraft systems proliferate.
Friends and family of the victims where photographs around their neck during the National Transportation Safety Board’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Midair Collision Investigative Hearing on July 31, 2025 in Washington, DC. The three-day investigative hearing examines the Jan. 29 midair collision between an American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River that claimed the lives of 67 people. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
The National Transportation Safety Board said a dearth in standardized and objective data hindered risk mitigation and stakeholders’ ability to identify hazards.
A drone carries a Walmart package during the launch event of their drone delivery service with Wing in Houston on Jan. 15, 2026. (Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images)
The agency is extending its comment period and seeking additional insights on aircraft location-tracking devices, detection technologies and safety standards.
The FAA will launch offices focused on the air traffic control system and advanced aviation technologies in what will be the largest overhaul of its organizational structure…
RTX and Indra will help the agency replace more than 600 radars by June 2028 to create a "surveillance backbone,” according to the Monday announcement.
A United Airlines plane departs the Newark International Airport, in Newark, New Jersey, on January 11 2023. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP) (Photo by KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)
The Federal Aviation Administration announced Peraton will be the integrator overseeing an overhaul of its air traffic control system, beating competitor Parsons.