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Regulatory compliance is the responsibility of the FAA certificate holder—even if the government shuts down.

SpaceX proposes revised blast-danger zones for Starship launch activities in Florida.

The FAA has granted parts manufacturer approval to Chromalloy’s CFM56 high-pressure turbine stage 1 blade.

The ongoing US government shutdown is putting aviation safety at risk as air traffic controllers and TSA staff work unpaid.

Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines will now operate under a single operating certificate (SOC), clearing a major regulatory hurdle in their ongoing merger integration process.

When Dronamics was founded 11 years ago, the Bulgarian startup took a contrarian view to the emerging commercial drone market.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

A bipartisan push by U.S. lawmakers to force the FAA to require ADS-B In continues to gain momentum.

Miami-based Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has launched a project to convert Boeing 737-900 aircraft to freighters.

The long international nightmare is over: The commercial aviation manufacturing upcycle is finally, believably happening.

The Chinese eVTOL industry is robust.

U.S. airlines were among the businesses affected by an Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage, with impacts that varied brand-by-brand.

The FAA has approved Boeing’s request to increase 737 MAX production to 42 aircraft per month.

If the U.S. air transport system is reduced to chaos by the shutdown, the public—and the businesses that depend on air transport of people and cargo—will be angry.

The company will celebrate 50 years in 2026. It specializes in auxiliary fuel systems for aircraft range extension, plus maintenance and custom interiors.

U.S. electric aircraft startup Beta Technologies has priced its planned initial public offering at $27-33 per share, for gross proceeds of $675-825 million.

Boeing subsidiary Wisk Aero is gearing up for a first flight of its Gen 6 autonomous eVTOL air taxi “very, very soon,” the startup’s CEO said.

Airbus Helicopters is in discussions with city and state officials in California over potential sales of its Super Puma family of helicopters.

American Airlines is preparing pilots to fly Airbus A321XLR aircraft on transatlantic routes next year.

At NBAA 2025, the leader of the union representing the FAA’s controller workforce called on U.S. lawmakers to end the federal government shutdown.

Boeing shipped its first-ever shipment of a repaired part with a digital authorized release certificate.

Grassroots initiatives are helping prospective aviation mechanics embark on careers, but the pipeline needs more support and less political interference.

U.S. startup Tidal Flight has been awarded an Air Force AFWERX contract to further develop its hybrid-electric Polaris seaplane.

A new uptick in aircraft activity indicates Boeing may be entering the final stretch of certification tests for the long-delayed pair of MAX family derivatives.

The union representing U.S. air traffic controllers is pleading for an end to the government shutdown, as its members face the prospect of working without pay.