U.S. FAA

By Irene Klotz
The FAA is reviewing a SpaceX report about the breakup of its last Starship test vehicle. Airspace restrictions for the upcoming launch will be expanded.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
RVL Aviation agreed to become to launch operator for the Cessna 208B Caravan retrofitted with ZeroAvia’s ZA600 hydrogen-electric propulsion system.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick, Robert Wall, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The FAA’s hiring goals target adding about 9,000 new controllers through 2028, or 2,250 per year; the agency has 3,100 trainees “in the pipeline.”
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
Telecommunications infrastructure changes designed to reduce the risk of ATC system outages at Newark Airport will be in place “this summer,” FAA said.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Christine Boynton, Sean Broderick, Bill Carey
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.
Check 6

By Jeremy Kariuki
A new FAA policy allows business aviation owners and operators to hide personally identifiable information from the FAA’s Aircraft Registry.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin, Michael Lavitt
Gulfstream Aerospace’s longest range jet, the G800, gains certification, which paves the way for first deliveries.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Lee Ann Shay
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kent Jackson
Flight following has grown popular, but not with private aviation aircraft owners and operators. FAA now offers ways to keep the aircraft information private.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Karen Walker
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.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
Approval by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency in 2028 could align auspiciously with Comac’s planned C919 production ramp-up.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Roadable aircraft advances; U.S.-sourced drone batteries; oversize cargo for defense; and electric jet engine.
Emerging Technologies

By Bill Carey
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's new ATC infrastructure upgrade depends on immediate funding from Congress to complete within its three-year timeline.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Molly McMillin, Michael Lavitt
The Gulfstream G800 business jet will enter service with performance improvements that exceed projections, and pilot and maintenance training underway.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Paul Seidenman, David Spanovich
New mandates requiring 25-hr. recording capacity for cockpit voice recorders are driving demand for retrofits.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
Superconducting motor runs; Electrifying two-seater; Hybrid hydrogen eVTOL; Hydrogen-powered turnaround.
Emerging Technologies

By Christine Boynton
Air traffic controllers responsible for Newark Airport did not walk off the job, their union has clarified.
Airports & Networks

By Sean Broderick
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.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
U.S. startup ZT1 Technology has entered the electric propulsion market.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Ben Goldstein
U.S. startup LIFT Aircraft's single-seat Hexa multicopter lost an electric motor during a public demonstration flight at the Osaka World Expo in April.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick, Jens Flottau
As both Airbus and Boeing push to deliver more aircraft to eager customers, they are tackling different sets of issues.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
The FAA has cleared SpaceX to increase the number of Falcon 9 flights from Vandenberg SFB, California, from 36 to up to 50 operations per year.
Commercial Space

By Jeremy Kariuki
A proposed change to the FAA’s airman medical certification process was withdrawn, avoiding “long-term, negative implications,” according to the NBAA.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Irene Klotz
A mission to showcase a new Lockheed Martin multipurpose, midsize satellite bus was lost following a troubled launch of Firefly Aerospace’s sixth Alpha rocket.
Satellites