Noblis won the Air Traffic Engineering and Program Support II contract’s unrestricted portion that has a $709.1 million ceiling over up to 10 years, the FAA said in a Tuesday award notice.

The FAA isn't necessarily concerned about comfort. Instead, the agency wants to ensure the seats don't prevent people from evacuating in emergencies.

TRB Special Report 358: Peer Review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Study of the Effects of Passenger Seat Width and Pitch on Airplane Evacuation Performance presents a peer review of a ...

The FAA also confirmed Thursday that collision warnings in commercial planes landing earlier this month at Reagan Airport were caused by testing of anti-drone system by the US Navy and Secret Service.

The FAA does regulate significant parts of an airplane cabin, including the safe design of each seat and its ability to withstand a high impact landing or crash.

FAA yesterday said it will not to mandate the use of safety seats for young children on passenger aircraft despite longstanding calls by the National Transportation Safety Board to make the seats ...

Don't blame the ever-shrinking airline seat on Thanksgiving alone. Is this the year the FAA acts? By Fredrick Kunkle / The Washington Post Nov 21, 2018 Nov 21, 2018Updated Sep 19, 2019 0 ...

Paul Bernado, acting director of the FAA’s compliance and airworthiness division; Caitlin Locke, executive director of the ...

TRB Special Report 358: Peer Review of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Study of the Effects of Passenger Seat Width and Pitch on Airplane Evacuation Performance presents a peer review of a ...