President Trump appointed Christopher Rocheleau, a 22-year FAA veteran, as acting administrator of the agency.

Musk has publicly clashed with the FAA and its former chief, Michael Whitaker. The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon ...

Facing a dire shortage of air traffic controllers, some thought creating a second training academy made sense. Oklahoma ...

Federal Aviation Administration Chief Michael Whitaker resigned from his position just 10 days before the deadly plane and Black Hawk helicopter crash over Washington, DC, Wednesday. Whitaker ...

While that office may be ready to go to work, the FAA itself is not fully on the job. That’s because it’s without an administrator. Michael Whitaker, who had led the administration since Oct., 2023, ...

The Federal Aviation Administration’s leader stepped down on Jan. 20, months after Elon Musk demanded that he quit.The move by Michael Whitaker means the FAA has no Senate-confirmed leader for one of ...

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow explained how pressures and supposed demands from Elon Musk led to former Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) administrator, Michael Whitaker, quitting his job on Inauguration ...

"The FAA has directed SpaceX to lead an investigation of the Starship Super Heavy Flight 7 mishap with FAA oversight," the ...

The move to bring in more experts within Musk’s circle follows the Trump administration’s decision to fire hundreds of ...

The FAA oversees airspace for both commercial planes and rockets and Musk’s interest in reforming the agency comes after a ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in turmoil, with deleterious effects that will extend to the avionics industry.