The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is updating how it certifies new commercial airplanes to make the process faster, cheaper, and more aligned with international standards, all while keeping ...

LIFT Aircraft begins FAA type certification process for a commercial version of its HEXA eVTOL, expanding into autonomous and air taxi ops.

A Government Accountability Office report on Federal Aviation Administration safety approval and certifications found that the agency could streamline the certification process but the system ...

Years after the MAX 8 returned to service following the global grounding and the resolution of quality control issues at Boeing, the MAX 10 remains uncertified, with hundreds of orders and no firm ...

Federal auditors say U.S. regulators didn’t understand a flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes of a Boeing jet and must improve their process for certifying new planes. The ...

The FAA could clear Archer Aviation’s first commercial flights within the next few years. Its type certification could be difficult to complete, but the FAA’s new eVTOL Integration Pilot Program could ...

Green Taxi Aerospace is advancing its Zero Engine Taxi (eTaxi) retrofit for Embraer’s E175 aircraft, with a detailed FAA certification roadmap that aims to culminate in a supplemental type certificate ...

The FAA has begun reviewing Boeing’s redesigned crew alerting and angle-of-attack systems for the 737 MAX 10, a required step before the aircraft can be certified.

Archer Aviation is downgraded from Buy to Hold due to expected delays in FAA type certification, now likely not before 2028. ACHR shows early commercialization progress with deals in Los Angeles, ...

Joby Aviation aims to make money by operating electric air taxi services. It has a strong balance sheet and a number of strategic partnerships. It's also progressing toward the critical step of FAA ...