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A bill has passed in the House and Senate this week that would increase the presence of drones in U.S. civilian airspace.

HAVEN'T TAKEN OFF YET: The council airport litigation committee that is overseeing the council's decision to appeal FAA approval of a longer Green Airport runway is still looking for a way to reach an agreement with the Rhode Island Airport Corporation.

Enhanced and synthetic vision technologies promise to make flying on small and medium aircraft safer COMBINED VISION SYSTEM : A CVS such as the one pictured here lets a pilot see a mashup of infrared imagery in the screen's center square and 3-D graphics around the edges.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congress this week directed the Federal Aviation Administration to allow American airspace to be shared by unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones.

Congress passed the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Bill late Monday, and a local airport spokeswoman said that is welcome news for the aviation industry.

A PSA Airlines flight landed safely at Charlotte Douglas International Airport after the pilot was alerted by a warning light.

In2005, Boeing announced that it was launching the 747 Advanced as the "Boeing 747-8". ThisA would be the first lengthened 747 to go into full production.

The U.S. Senate voted 75-20 Monday in favor of a long-term reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration , following the lead of the House, which OK'd the bill on Friday.

New York Congressman Brian Higgins joined Flight 3407 families and members of the Western New York Congressional delegation in a news conference Tuesday on Capitol Hill calling for a sustained push for "one level of aviation safety." This is a continuation of the ongoing effort to advocate for stronger rules on pilot fatigue, pilot training and ... (more)

Did you hear that? It's a door busting open in Washington, unblocking a huge backlog of airline issues that will directly affect America's millions of air travelers.

Representative John Mica talked about House and Senate agreement on long-term funding legislation for the Federal Aviation Administration after passing 23 short-term bills.

School delays for snow and ice are common this time of year, but this winter, it's fog that has... GREENTOWN, Ind.

Subsidies for rural Alaska air travel survived the cost-cutting talk as Congress passed a four-year funding bill for the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday after years of dispute.

After five years of legislative struggling, 23 stopgap measures and a two-week shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, Congress finally has passed a bill aimed at prodding the nation's aviation system into a new high-tech era in which satellites are central to air traffic control and piloted planes share the skies with unmanned drones.

Congress has passed a bill aimed at prodding the nation's aviation system into a new high-tech era in which satellites are central to air traffic control and piloted planes share the skies with unmanned drones.

After passing 23 temporary extensions, the Senate voted 75 to 20 Monday to approve a long-term funding bill for the FAA and sent it to the president for his expected signature.

The death of Micron Technology Inc. Chief Executive Steve Appleton in a plane crash last Friday cast a pall over the chip maker and the semiconductor industry, while also renewing a debate on whether CEOs of public companies should engage in life-threatening behavior.

The owner of the Cessna 172 called the Contra Costa Sheriff's Office on Sunday night after hearing from Fresno investigators.

Within a few years, that flying object overhead might not be a bird or a plane, but an unmanned drone.

The Bob Hope Airport put into service on Monday a firefighting vehicle that's the first of its kind in the country because it delivers more concentrated foam to knock down fuel-related aircraft fires, officials said.