Eco warriors sue FAA over Starship fallout, claim watchdog is lost in space
NEPA was violated by letting SpaceX do its own impact study, suit alleges
Science02 May 2023 | 29
Federal Aviation Administration
The Federal Aviation Administration regulates all US civil aviation activities for both manned and unmanned flight.
US watchdog grounds SpaceX Starship after that explosion
Musk loyalists said launch wasn't a failure. Tell that to folks, wildlife covered in dust, ash, debris
Science26 Apr 2023 | 157
SpaceX threatened with $175,000 fine for Starlink crash risk paperwork blunder
Video Looks like Musketeers jumped the gun, launched mission too early
Science18 Feb 2023 | 24
US warns aging air-traffic control code won't be fixed until 2030
NOTAM chance in hell this stuff is getting sorted soon despite outage
Software07 Feb 2023 | 13
Aviation overhaul bill passes US House... for the third time
Maybe it'll be different this year as clamors of 'I told you so' accompany the proposal
Networks26 Jan 2023 | 16
Massive outage grounded US flights because someone accidentally deleted a file
Our lives are in your hands, and you have butterfingers?
Software21 Jan 2023 | 41
BROADER TOPICS
FAA grounds all US departures after NOTAM goes down
Updated 'Damaged database file' blamed, no evidence of cyberattack found, as air travel chaos continues
Networks11 Jan 2023 | 55
FAA sets 2024 deadline for preventing 5G crash landings
US watchdog puts its foot down: Even a small possibility of interference means a fix is mandatory
Networks10 Jan 2023 | 11
Southwest Airlines blames IT breakdown for stranding holiday travelers
Have they tried turning it off and back on again?
Networks28 Dec 2022 | 77
Musk bans private-plane-tracking @Elonjet on Twitter, threatens legal action
Updated Say what you want – until Elon decides it affects him, too
Offbeat15 Dec 2022 | 188
FAA wants pilots to be less dependent on computer autopilots
US aviation advisory addresses concerns raised follow 2013 Asiana Airlines crash
Software23 Nov 2022 | 84
FAA asks for vendor feedback on $10b tech contract
But keen to avoid any mf bespoke software on the mf planes (and other hardware)
Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 4
Quit worrying about 5G C-band and crashing aircraft, US govt eggheads sigh
Back off FAA, I'm a scientist
Networks12 Oct 2022 | 13
Delta Air Lines throws $60m at flying taxi startup Joby Aviation
Will fly passengers to and from city airports, if it ever takes off
Offbeat12 Oct 2022 | 22
US military fuels eVTOL research with $75m contract
The renewed agreement more than doubles the DoD's deal with Joby Aviation
Science12 Aug 2022 | 11
5G C-band rollout at US airports slowed over radio altimeter safety fears
Well, they did say from July, now they really mean from July 2023
Networks27 Jun 2022 | 10
If you want to launch Starship from Texas, here's some homework, FAA tells SpaceX
Be a good neighbor to folks and the environment, and we'll think that permit over
Science14 Jun 2022 | 22
FAA to airlines: 5G-sensitive radio altimeters have to go
Affected jet equipment will need retrofitting and eventual replacement, agency warns
Networks04 May 2022 | 24
FAA now says 5G airports may interfere with Boeing 737s
'Radio altimeters cannot be relied upon to function' – gulp
Networks24 Feb 2022 | 66
Watchdog clears 90 per cent of US commercial aircraft to land in low visibility at nation's 5G C-band airports
Updated Don't start celebrating just yet if you own a Boeing 747-8, 747-8F, 777
Networks26 Jan 2022 | 28
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