WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced it issued the first of its kind authorization for a drone to fly beyond the operator’s visual line of sight from the U.S. coastline over the Gulf of America, marking a significant milestone in advancing American drone dominance and expanding the future of uncrewed aviation.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced that the nation's first digital towers are operational at airports in Florida and Alaska. The new technology gives air traffic controllers better tools to do their jobs by providing greater visibility of airport activity to help them monitor traffic. Controllers are still managing the airspace but now have modern technology and facilities.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is continuing its historic modernization of America’s air traffic control system by replacing outdated floppy disks that contain vital weather and other critical information with a streamlined, 21st-century system.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes a $2,388,500 civil penalty against Stratus Aviation, LLC (dba Wings Flight School) of Vacaville, California, for allegedly operating an unairworthy aircraft.

The FAA alleges Wings installed an unapproved temperature gauge in a Cessna 172M Skyhawk in October 2022, which made the aircraft unairworthy.