FAA

American lawmakers and major sports leagues—including the NFL, NCAA, and others—seek greater authority to ground rogue drones.

While international flights were suspended, Israeli airline El Al ramped up flights amid the country’s unprecedented call-up of 300,000 reserve troops.

Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport is looking to transition to offering only unleaded aviation fuel three years before the FAA’s 2030 deadline.

The FAA has extended the comment period for its MOSAIC proposal by 90 days, allowing stakeholders and the public more time to provide feedback on changes to light sport aircraft regulations. The proposal aims to enhance safety, performance, and privileges while addressing industry concerns about continued operational safety, modernization limitations, personnel implications, and repetitive rulemaking.

The installment is expected to be the first of many for Archer, which signed contracts with AFWERX Agility Prime worth up to $142 million in July.

The recommendations are the first update from the agency since 2014 and cover design, manufacturing, and operations.

The agency had grounded Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket, which it uses to bring paying customers to the edge of the atmosphere.

The FAA has a plan to ensure flying doesn’t grind to a halt. Here’s a list of what would be affected.

We answer that question and more in this week’s Future of FLYING newsletter.

Agencies will be stretched to keep functioning at normal levels, businesses fear.