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FAA Press Releases

If you are interested in searching for press releases prior to 2025, please visit our News Archive.

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May 1, 2025

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Unveils New Package to Boost Air Traffic Controller Workforce

Package addresses shortage through retention of existing controllers and hiring of new controllers
April 29, 2025

2025 Summer Air Traffic Operational Summit Readout

The FAA's Air Traffic Organization held its summer summit and had open and honest conversations about the state of air travel in the short- and long-term.
April 25, 2025

FAA Announces $8.25 Million in Grants to Modernize Wyoming Airport

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced $8.25 million for Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport in Rock Springs to modernize the airport terminal and upgrade the heating and cooling system.    

April 24, 2025

FAA Seeks Input on Improving Medical Process

The FAA will immediately begin evaluating suggestions that aviation stakeholders offered during a listening session Wednesday about improving the airman medical process.
April 23, 2025

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Announce Texas A&M Will Lead the Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies

WASHINGTON, D.C. –U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) today announced that Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) will be the managing entity to establish and operate the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies (CAAT).

April 22, 2025

Rotorcraft Safety Roundtable Media Readout

Statement From Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau
April 21, 2025

FAA Accelerates Critical Technology Upgrade

Modernized NOTAM Service Underway
April 14, 2025

FAA Issues Grounding Order for New York Helicopter Charter Inc. and Begins Comprehensive Review of Company's Operations

The FAA has issued an emergency order grounding New York Helicopter Charter, Inc., which operated the Bell 206 helicopter that crashed Thursday in the Hudson River.
April 11, 2025

FAA Drone Detection Testing

The FAA will conduct drone-detection testing in Cape May, New Jersey, between April 14-25. 

The FAA’s Center of Excellence for UAS Research (ASSURE) will conduct the testing. The Delaware River Bay Authority Police and other local first responders will also participate. 

April 9, 2025

New York’s Vaughn College Joins Enhanced Air Traffic Controller Training Program 

WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has signed an agreement with Vaughn College in New York to become the next school for the Enhanced Air Traffic – Collegiate Training Initiative (AT-CTI) program.  

This is the fifth school the FAA has authorized to provide the same thorough curriculum and advanced training technology offered at the agency’s Air Traffic Controller Academy in Oklahoma City, and the first in the Northeast.