Billy Nolen, a former acting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, said Monday that now is the time for air traffic control upgrades. “[One of the things] I’ve testified both ...

Like others across the federal workforce, the terminated FAA employees were probationary workers hired or promoted within the past year. The terminated FAA employees included workers who assist ...

"These employees were devoted to their jobs and the safety critical mission of the FAA. This draconian action will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is ...

“Safety drives everything we do at the FAA,” the agency’s chief counsel said in September, after proposing $633,000 in fines for alleged violations related to two previous launches.

SpaceX’s rocket launches are regulated by the FAA, and the agency has alleged that the company violated safety rules in the past. Officials did not respond to questions about what air traffic ...

The Trump administration began firing hundreds of employees at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday, just weeks after a deadly crash outside of Washington, D.C., put a spotlight on ...