March 10-The FAA’s Air Traffic Organization is now operating under a Safety Management System. This enables the FAA to manage the risks associated with changes in the National Airspace System that include installing, modifying and removing equipment, as well as modifying and implementing procedures and airspace changes.

“An effective safety management system lets us manage both [...]

March 9-The FAA’s forecast underscores the need for the Next GenerationAir Transportation System and continued investment in airport infrastructure projects.

FAA Aerospace Forecasts FY 2010-2030
Administrator Babbitt’s Speech
Fact Sheet
Press Release

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The 2010 NextGen Implementation Plan provides an overview of the FAA’s ongoing transition to NextGen.

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March 5 – March 4, 2010 marked a significant milestone in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) efforts overseeing the safety of the nation’s commercial space transportation industry with the 201st FAA licensed commercial rocket launch. The vehicle carried into orbit an environmental satellite to improve weather forecasting and help monitor environmental events. FAA’s Office of Commercial [...]

March 1 – Starting with the March/April 2010 issue, FAA Aviation News is changing its name to FAA Safety Briefing. “We’re changing the name to more accurately reflect the magazine’s mission: safety,” said John Allen, Director, FAA Flight Standards Service. “As for the word briefing,” Allen added, “briefings are used in health care, in the [...]

As general aviation aircraft grow more advanced, so do the avionics systems that help keep pilots safe in today’s increasingly complex airspace. The process at the FAA for evaluating and certifying these avionics components is extremely detailed and requires collaboration among several key players. FAA human factors specialists, flight-test pilots, and engineers are all involved [...]

OPEN under a Delayed Arrival/Unscheduled Leave policy for February 16, 2010.

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OPEN under a Delayed Arrival/Unscheduled Leave policy for February 12, 2010.

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Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED, Thursday February 11, 2010.

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Wednesday February 10, 2010, Federal agencies in the Washington, DC, area are CLOSED.

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