Posted on · The tests will be hosted by the Lone Star UAS Center for Excellence & Innovation, which is part of the Texas A&M campus in Corpus Christi. The goal is establishing policies for operating drones safely over populated areas.
Posted on · The pilot isn't injured and the Texas DPS will secure the scene until the FAA arrives
Posted on · The Senate has yet to consider its own version of the legislation
Posted on · Pressure for the FAA to act grew after an engine on a Southwest plane blew apart on Tuesday, showering the aircraft with debris and shattering a window
Posted on · Local Democrats are concerned about how the plan could negatively impact its workers.
Posted on · It's an idea long supported by most of the commercial airlines and the union who say the system is inefficient under the Federal Aviation Administration.
Posted on · Small planes by the Civil Air Patrol help the Air National Guard practice enforcement of the temporary flight restriction.
Posted on · New rules would set limits on where drones can fly and how high they can go.
Posted on · Saturday, Jan. 31, is the final day for the public to give input on a proposal to turn Houstonâs Ellington Airport into a spaceport. The FAA is gathering public comment on the plan, and airport officials hope to get approval as early as the summer. The public was invited to a community forum on the […]
Posted on · Ellington Airport wants to build facilities to support commercial spaceflight.
Posted on · The Federal Aviation Administration has selected Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi as a test site to further study the uses of unmanned aircraft systems.
Posted on · A vote by the Texas Transportation Commission means air traffic control towers will stay open at 13 small airports around the state, including two in the Houston area. The commission's vote comes days before the towers were set to close because of federal sequestration cuts.
Posted on · The Federal Aviation Administration has slashed funding for 149 control towers across the country, due to sequestration. TXDOT will step in to keep control towers open at 13 small airports, including Sugar Land Regional, when those facilities lose federal funding next month.
Posted on · As soon as April 1st, air traffic control towers at two Houston-area airports could close, causalities of the so-called "sequester" and Federal Aviation Administration spending cuts. Lawmakers are still trying to agree on a compromise over the next day or so, but if they don't, things could change drastically at busy airports in Sugar Land and Conroe.