Latest Aerospace Headlines
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FAA Proposes to Extend Newark Airport Flight Cuts Until October 2026
Aug 12 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday it is proposing to extend flight cuts at Newark, one of the three main airports serving the New York City-area, through October 2026 as it continues to face air traffic...
CSU, NOAA Maintain Forecasts for Above-Average Hurricane Season
Aug 11 2025 // Colorado State University’s hurricane researchers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued updates to their 2025 Atlantic hurricane forecasts, with both maintaining calls for an...
US Weather Boss During ‘Sharpiegate’ Nears Return to NOAA
Aug 5 2025 // Days after floods killed at least 135 people in Texas Hill Country, weather scientist Neil Jacobs appeared before a Senate committee as the nominee to lead the US agency that oversees forecasting. He vowed to create a...
FAA Updates Altitudes, Changeover Points for Safe Airspace Navigation in Alaska
Jul 17 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a final rule amending the instrument flight rules (IFR) altitudes and changeover points for several Federal airways, jet routes, and direct routes in Alaska. These changes are...
NOAA Delays Cutoff of Key Satellite Data for Hurricane Forecasting
Jul 2 2025 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday it is delaying by one month the planned cutoff of satellite data that helps forecasters track hurricanes. Meteorologists and scientists warned of severe...
Bishop Street Underwriters Acquires Ohio’s Aerospace Insurance Managers
Jul 1 2025 // Bishop Street Underwriters announced that it has acquires Ohio-based Aerospace Insurance Managers, a general aviation insurance services provider, from Hallmark Financial. This acquisition marks Bishop Street’s entry...
SpaceX Polluted Border Area, Mexican President Sheinbaum Says
Jun 26 2025 // SpaceX’s Starship rocket launches in Texas have polluted an area across the border with debris, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said. The president will meet with her cabinet soon on the “security and...
SpaceX’s Starship Explodes on Test Stand in Yet Another Setback
Jun 19 2025 // A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on a test stand in Texas, adding to a series of setbacks to Elon Musk’s space ambitions that include trips to Mars. The huge blast enveloped the craft as it stood upright on a test...
Update: Boeing 787 Headed to London from India Crashes With 242 on Board
Jun 12 2025 // More than 200 bodies have been recovered at the crash site of a Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner operated by Air India that was bound for London, according to police officials. Flight AI171 crashed shortly after taking off in...
Trump FAA Nominee Calls Near-Miss Incidents at DC Airport Unacceptable
Jun 11 2025 // President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration said on Tuesday that the 85 near-miss incidents at Reagan Washington National Airport since 2021 were unacceptable. On January 29, a Black...
NOAA ‘Fully Staffed’ With Forecasters, Scientists, US Commerce Secretary Says
Jun 5 2025 // U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told a Senate hearing that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is “fully staffed” with weather forecasters and scientists after concerns were raised...
Boeing Agrees to Resolve US Criminal Case Over 737 Crashes
May 27 2025 // Boeing Co. has reached a tentative agreement with the US Justice Department that would allow the planemaker to avoid criminal charges for two fatal crashes of its 737 Max jets more than six years ago. The settlement was...
FAA Cuts Newark Flights After Air Traffic Control Issues
May 21 2025 // US aviation safety regulators will allow fewer flights at Newark airport after technology outages and a staffing crunch fueled a surge in delays and cancellations in recent weeks. The US Federal Aviation Administration...
No NOAA Large-Disaster Data to Hurt Insurers’ Grasp of Secondary Perils, Says AM Best
May 20 2025 // Insurance industry financial strength rating agency AM Best said today that a decision to stop updating a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration disaster database could be detrimental to insurers and may require...
FAA Convening Emergency Task Force on Newark Telecom Outages
May 13 2025 // The Trump administration said on Monday it was convening an emergency task force and fast-tracking urgent steps to prevent additional telecom outages at the facility overseeing Newark air traffic after three incidents have...
Newark Plane Traffic Slowed Again Due to Telecoms Issue, FAA Says
May 12 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration was forced to briefly slow arriving and departing planes at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday because of a new telecommunications issue, the agency...
Hurricane Forecasts Are Better Than Ever But NOAA Cuts Could Change That
May 6 2025 // The National Hurricane Center‘s forecasts in 2024 were its most accurate on record, from its one-day forecasts, as tropical cyclones neared the coast, to its forecasts five days into the future, when storms were only...
NOAA Risks Loss of Data Network and Web Service
Apr 29 2025 // A key contract that supports the network service provider for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to lapse this week, threatening internet access and the transmission of internal data nationwide...
FAA Delays Traffic to Newark Airport After Equipment, Staffing Issues
Apr 28 2025 // The Federal Aviation Administration said a series of issues prompted it to dramatically slow traffic at Newark Liberty Airport on Monday, prompting United Airlines to divert at least 35 flights to other airports. United...
Lawmakers Urge FAA to Address Safety Issues at Washington Airport After Incidents
Apr 23 2025 // Three senior Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday urged the Federal Aviation Administration to address significant safety issues at Reagan Washington National Airport and maintain reduced air traffic after a series of troubling...
