FAA

If you don’t have the ability to navigate by pilotage or the compass, are you really qualified to be in that cockpit?

Federal prosecutors had given the company a choice of entering a guilty plea and paying a fine or facing trial on the felony charge of conspiracy to defraud the U.S.

The latest wrinkle in the long-standing feud between billionaire CEOs Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk sees the former lodge a public complaint with the regulator.

The acquisition is intended to speed up the certification process for Wisk’s self-flying Generation 6 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.

After missing its own deadline by eight months, Congress got its act together long enough to finally agree on an FAA funding bill. It actually has a few goodies inside.

The proposed standards represent a major milestone in the certification of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVOL) air taxis and other novel designs.

The company is one of two electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi manufacturers to receive the approval, the other being Joby Aviation.

The agency has revised its guidance to aviation medical examiners on ‘uncomplicated anxiety, depression and related conditions.’

The company has obtained a waiver for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone operations, allowing it to expand its service in College Station, Texas.

Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi manufacturer Archer Aviation achieves a critical regulatory milestone, laying the foundation for type certification of its aircraft.