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The Texas A&M University System has been selected to establish a federal research center to integrate drones and air taxis into the national airspace system.

Loft Dynamics has teamed with Alaska Airlines to develop the next generation of extended-reality full-flight simulator.

The FAA says it has taken steps to deconflict helicopter and other air traffic at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.

United Rotorcraft hopes to gain Transport Canada certification for its Airbus Super Puma firefighting modification package this summer.

Thailand has regained its Category 1 safety rating from the FAA nearly a decade after being downgraded.

Aura Aero continues to make progress with the flight test campaign for its Integral E electric trainer.

The investigation looks into FAA’s response to a pair of 737 MAX bird strikes that triggered an engine failure-related safety device but also allowed smoke and fumes to enter the cabin and cockpit.

Gulfstream’s new G800 ultra-long-range business jet has earned FAA and EASA type certification, with performance improvements above earlier projections.

Lawmakers are pressing the Secret Service to explain its role in a series of anti-collision alerts reported by aircraft near Reagan National Airport March 1.

The FAA has issued an emergency order grounding the tour operator of a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger that crashed in the Hudson River days earlier.

The FAA is urging pilots to practice extra vigilance during visual approaches and consider rejecting ATC requests if they might add too much workload.

Eric Allison is chief product officer at Joby Aviation. He recently sat down with Aviation Week to talk about the company’s activities and strategy.

Former FAA Associate Administrator of Airports Shannetta Griffin has been appointed the new head of BWI.

The FAA tests showed that hydrogen could change the flammability characteristics of cabin materials at much lower mixtures.

A look at how the FAA’s parts manufacturer approval process has evolved during the last 70 years.

A new U.S. Air Force unit creating a proving ground for autonomous combat aircraft hopes to take flight within the year.

Latin American MROs suggest business opportunities may grow from North American aftermarket challenges.

An FAA exemption allows Midwest ATC student controllers to use classroom and simulator training as credit toward a facility rating at one of its towers.

The FAA has implemented a new process for private aircraft owners to request that certain ownership information be kept off publicly available agency websites.

Multi-feedstock SAF production tested; Australian e-aircraft programs advance; ZeroAvia to study large hydrogen UAS; Vertiport design mitigates eVTOL downwash.

Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau fields questions from lawmakers who are frustrated with apparent safety risk-analysis failures at the FAA.

The partnership will see Archer send Midnight electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to Ethiopia for air taxi operations.

The service is sending students to pilot-training schools before they fly on Air Force trainers in a bid to address the lingering pilot shortage.

ZeroAvia is working with U.S. and UK regulators to certify elements of its hydrogen-electric powertrain.

MD Helicopters is working on 10 upgrade packages for the MD500 family of turbine-engine light helicopters.