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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.
Money from these grants will be used to continue the ongoing terminal rehabilitation project, which will upgrade the existing 46-year-old commercial terminal building and expand the building footprint by an...
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.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).
“Texas is the perfect place for our new Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies. Under Senator Cruz’s leadership, the state has already established itself as a leader...
Rotorcraft Safety Roundtable Media Readout
Statement From Acting FAA Administrator Chris RocheleauFAA Accelerates Critical Technology Upgrade
Modernized NOTAM Service UnderwayFAA 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.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.
The FAA will operate several large drones and more than 100 commercial off-the-shelf drones during the two-week period. Testing will take place over the...
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...