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David Kessler became the Acting Deputy Regional Administrator for FAA's Central Region in Kansas City, Missouri, in March 2025. The FAA’s Central Region encompasses the states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska.
We invite you to comment on Commercial Space draft guidance and publication documents posted on this website. We will provide the following draft documents when available for comments. We will review all comments received and consider them for incorporation in the final document.
SpaceX currently operates its Falcon family of commercial space launch vehicles, the Falcon 9 and the Falcon Heavy, from launch complexes at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), and Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB). The Falcon 9 vehicle is 229 feet tall and has a diameter of 12 feet. The vehicle’s first stage returns to earth (either at a terrestrial landing zone or on a drone ship in the ocean), while the second stage delivers a payload to orbit and...
The links below go to the PDF version of the "PFC Approved Locations, Collections, and Expiration Dates" report for the specified month.
NOTE: The linked reports below represent the opinions of the contract companies and don’t represent the official position of the FAA.
NOTE: Not all projects have an available final report. Only those with a link have made one available to the public.
The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (Public Law 118-63) Section 925: UAS Test Ranges establishes “Out of amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 106(k), $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2028, shall be available to the Administrator for the purposes of— ‘‘(A) providing matching funds to commercial entities that contract with a UAS test range to demonstrate or validate technologies that the FAA considers essential to the safe integration of UAS into the...
The Electronic Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Accelerated and Simplified Tasks (eFAST) is the FAA's preferred contracting vehicle for small business contracts. eFAST streamlines the procurement process for all stakeholders using a web-based acquisition tool and automated workflows compliant with applicable FAA standards.