Safety, Ops & Regulation

Aviation Week editors break down the current state of the U.S. air traffic control system and analyze what it will take to push modernization forward.

A new FAA policy allows business aviation owners and operators to hide personally identifiable information from the FAA’s Aircraft Registry.

A new bill supported by Boom aims to change U.S. legislation and permit supersonic over land flight above Mach 1, provided no sonic boom reaches ground.

The USDA will continue to exempt small carriers from the cost of inspecting aircraft arriving in the U.S. for agricultural pests and diseases.

Thales is implementing its Green Flag Orchestrator tool at area control centers (ACC).

Gulfstream Aerospace developed a family of five next-generation jets with a lot of commonality. It only has one more to certify now that the G800 is certified.

Flight following has grown popular, but not with private aviation aircraft owners and operators. FAA now offers ways to keep the aircraft information private.

Germany’s FAI is both an air ambulance provider and logistics company.

Satellite navigation’s vulnerability to jamming and spoofing is not new.

How business aviation is implementing AI and concerns about safeguarding security.

Four more HondaJets have suffered runway excursions within seven-weeks. What lessons can business aviation learn from these?

In recent years, a quiet shift in cancellation policies has begun to challenge the flexibility that private charters offer, often catching travelers off guard.

A plan to address ATC system outages at Newark (EWR) will almost certainly reduce the number of flights in and out of the busy New Jersey/New York area airport.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's new ATC infrastructure upgrade depends on immediate funding from Congress to complete within its three-year timeline.

A series of aviation accidents have focused Washington policymakers and industry leaders on solutions to the challenges confronting the U.S. aviation system.

NASEM's report lays out a set of research priorities for NASA to help achieve its goal of reducing aviation-induced cloudiness and persistent contrails.

When it comes to helicopter operations, a FRAT should be modified for off-airport landing zones and deteriorating weather.

Starting with aircraft now being delivered, Cirrus is adding Garmin’s Safe Return Emergency Autoland to all new SR Series G7+ aircraft as standard equipment.

The Gulfstream G800 business jet will enter service with performance improvements that exceed projections, and pilot and maintenance training underway.

After five days, five continents, two weather delays, 13 stops and 57.6 hr. of flying time, the crew of The Polar Mission successfully circumnavigated the globe.

Operators should take the opportunity to custom-design a Flight Risk Assessment Tool for their pilots, aircraft, and operations.

A user-friendly flight risk assessment tool fits well into an SMS program.

The DOT is one of only four cabinet-level agencies that would see a top-line funding increase in the Trump administration’s proposed fiscal 2026 budget.

The Polar Mission, a mission to circumnavigate the globe from south to north over both poles, launched successfully April 30 from Wichita carrying four crewmembers in a Learjet 36A-022.

Textron Aviation is looking ahead to the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games in Minnesota’s Twin Cities.