February 15, 2025

FAA Issues Final Rule for Powered-Lift eVTOLs

Electric

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued its final rule for powered-lift aircraft, which creates the operating and pilot training basis for eVTOLs. This development is critical to the success of the advanced air mobility industry, says the FAA.

Threat of a Government Shutdown Looms

Shutdown

Congress has two weeks to avoid a government shutdown. Both chambers are nowhere near a government spending agreement for fiscal 2025.

Army Preps for Sci-Fi Battlefields

The US Army is learning from the Russia-Ukraine war what is needed of sci-fi-style energy weapons to combat a future battlefield swarming with sensors and electronics, swollen with digital chatter and interference, and starving for overhead defenses. The Middle East is proving an excellent testing ground.

Bracing for Budget Battles on the Homefront

Budget Battles

DefSec Mark Esper has begun preparations for what will likely be a messy battle for the 2021 defense budget.

Will Hefty Bonuses Get Pilots to Stay?

Bonuses

The Marine Corps’ fiscal 2020 aviation bonuses are aimed at enticing pilots to sign eight-year contracts and plug the flood of Marine aviators trading in their military wings to fly civilian skies.