Safety, Ops & Regulation

Instructions for operators flying to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend Super Bowl LX on February 8.

Texas Children’s Hospital announced the entry into service of a “Kangeroo Crew” helicopter for critical pediatric and neonatal transport services in Austin.

The FAA has ordered a UK-based company to surrender aircraft registration certificates it obtained using trust agreements.

The Trump administration is ramping up its effort to build a new air traffic control system in three years.

Business aviation companies, particularly those with large fleets of aircraft or operations at multiple airports, must be prepared to adapt a new reality.

Gulfstream Aerospace has secured EASA certification for steep approach landing for its G500 and G600 aircraft.

FAA grant assurances for Airport Improvement Program funding run in perpetuity, Heber City officials learn.

Airbus Helicopters is calling on operators of its H160 rotorcraft to replace main rotor system pitch rods after a ditching incident in the ocean near Brazil.

Heber Valley Airport in Utah is an example of the complexities local municipalities face in upgrading an airport to comply with FAA safety requirements.

The NTSB board on Jan. 2 issued five urgent recommendations to Textron Aviation.

A draft rule issued before companies secure approvals for their next-generation service suggests the FAA learned some lessons from the 2022 5G C-Band rollout.

A surprising new U.S. ban on UAS and components from outside the U.S. is likely to lead to disruption before any benefits.

The U.S. subsidiary of Spain’s Indra Group announced a $342 million contract under the FAA’s Radar System Replacement program.

Operational support company Nimbl has released a 2026 Flight Department Prep Checklist to help operators address key operational areas and strengthen compliance with regulations as a new year begins.

An advocacy group is surprised by the recent expansion of the FCC's Covered List of prohibited equipment and services to include all foreign-made drones.

The FAA is proposing a retrofit plan to ensure radio altimeters function as expected after new wireless spectrum is sold off and activated in the coming years

The FCC's recent action to add Chinese-made drones to its Covered List of prohibited communications equipment may have a dramatic impact for public safety agencies.

Indra and RTX have been awarded contracts to replace the FAA’s ground-based air traffic control (ATC) system radars.

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision to ban Chinese-made drones for communications has instilled uncertainty among public-sector users.

A Super King Air 200 became the first aircraft to deploy the Garmin Autoland system in an emergency, which engaged and landed the aircraft on Dec. 20.

Expirations of temporary mitigation measures and lack of improved radio altimeters have commercial air transport markets facing new threats from 5G interference

Safety investigators have not determined who was piloting the Cessna 550 Citation II that crashed Dec. 18 while attempting to land at KSVH in North Carolina.

A Cessna Citation II carrying seven people, including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, 55, and his family, crashed and caught fire Dec. 18.

The U.S. Senate passed the ROTOR Act that would mandate ADS-B In and require ADS-B Out usage for all but the most national security-critical flying in congested airspace.

The FAA expects to commit half of the $12.5 billion Congress gave it for air traffic control modernization by the end of the year, Bedford tells senators.