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Despite a noticeable dip in air travel over the past two years due to COVID-19 restrictions, the aviation industry still produces a significant percentage of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and the Federal Aviation Administration is working to enact transformative change across aviation organizations to accelerate the adoption of sustainability initi...
The Federal Aviation Administration plans to launch a solicitation process to identify a new air traffic control tower design that can address the agency’s energy efficiency and sustainability requirements. FAA said Thursday it will structure the design sourcing effort into three phases: request for information, request for qualification and r...
The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded several companies contracts worth more than $100 million combined to build technologies that could help reduce aircraft’s fuel consumption, noise and emissions. FAA said Friday the awards are part of the third phase of the agency’s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise program, a public-priv...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) will continue to help the Federal Aviation Administration operate, maintain and update digital air traffic control systems under a five-year, $223 million contract. The company said June 30 it will also update applications for the FAA’s Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System being used by ATC tower pe...
Mike Gold, former associate administrator for space policy and partnerships at NASA, has joined Redwire as executive vice president of civil space business development and external affairs. Redwire said Tuesday that Gold will build on his experience handling space innovation, regulatory issues and relationships between public and private sector...
Two Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) business units have partnered with MetTel to pursue a Federal Aviation Administration contract for telecommunications and information management services intended to support National Airspace System operations. Raytheon said Monday its intelligence and space unit, Collins Aerospace business and MetTel aim t...
General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) mission systems business has secured a potential eight-year, $99 million contract to supply new transceivers to the Federal Aviation Administration for emergency ground-to-air radio communications. The company said Thursday it will replace legacy backup radios with the URC-300E system as part of the FAA’s Eme...
Alexandra Gurney, a principal at Ernst & Young’s U.S. government and public sector practice, has been appointed to lead federal civilian and security accounts within the same unit. She brings more than two decades of management consulting experience in both the public and private sectors to her new position, the professional services company s...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will continue to help the Federal Aviation Administration integrate and implement National Airspace System modernization programs under a follow-on contract worth potentially $1.76B over 10 years....
The U.S. Transportation Command has selected four more companies to deliver services for domestic air cargo and passenger charter under an existing $697M program led by the Federal Aviation Administration. The contractors will perform the said work in support of federal agencies, including those within the Department of Defense, through FAA's D...
