Emerging Tech
FAA Lists 50 Airports Exempt From New 5G Rollout
These airports will have a temporary buffer zones to ensure airplane altimeters are protected, pursuant to an agreement between telecommunication companies and the government.
Emerging Tech
Transportation Secretary Pushes for Government Support for Vehicle Innovation
The Transportation secretary doubled down on the government's role in fostering a strong environment for emerging tech like electric cars and buses, automated vehicles.
Digital Government
FAA Launches New Tool to Track Increase in Lasers Aimed at Planes
Pilots already reported more incidents this year than all of 2020.
Emerging Tech
A State’s Plan for the Nation’s First Section of Wireless Charging Road
Michigan hopes to test out a short segment of roadway that will allow electric cars to recharge as they drive, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said.
Ideas
GPS Lessons from Before 9/11 Still Endanger the U.S.
“Public policy must ensure, primarily, that safety is maintained even in the event of loss of GPS,” officials wrote in the 2001 Volpe Report.
Ideas
Why the Feds Are Investigating Tesla’s Autopilot and What that Means for the Future of Self-Driving Cars
Tesla’s Autopilot enables hands-free driving, but it’s not meant to allow drivers to take their eyes off the road.
Digital Government
How FAA’s Latest Challenge Looped in Data Newbies
In addition to creating new visualizations about national airspace, the agency encouraged employees who don’t work with data or in IT to give its tools a spin.
Cybersecurity
TSA, Transportation Officials Give Insight into New Cybersecurity Mandates for Pipeline Operators
Agency leaders expressed a commitment to avoiding duplication of their efforts as lines blur between cyber and physical security.
Emerging Tech
FAA Moves to Further America’s Cellular-Connected Drone Operations
The agency signed a three-year agreement with Verizon’s Skyward.
Digital Government
NASA Ranks as the Best Place to Work in Government for Ninth Year
The federal government still has “a lot of work to do to improve its competitiveness with the private sector as an employer of choice,” head of the nonprofit that released the rankings says.
Digital Government
FAA Knows It Needs More Tech Experts, Just Not How Many
The Federal Aviation Administration needs IT experts, as well as specialists in emerging technologies like drones and 3-D printing, but doesn’t have hard, quantitative data on those workforce gaps.
Cybersecurity
In Wake of Recent Breaches, FAA Wants to Up Cybersecurity of National Airspace System
The agency aims to be "more aggressive" in searching for network protections.
Artificial Intelligence
Federal Shared Services Provider Needs a System to ID Bots in Its Data Center
One of the four central financial service providers wants to use more robotic process automation in its data centers but needs to be able to track those bots—and any potential malicious bots creeping in, as well.
Policy
Buttigieg Underscores Urgency of Transportation Infrastructure Investment
Republican lawmakers are skeptical of the scope of the Biden administration’s planned infrastructure package, which the president is expected to provide more details on next week.
Digital Government
At South by Southwest, DOT’s ‘Secretary Pete’ Points To Federal IT Priorities
He’d like to help make the 2020s ‘a turning point in the story of American transportation.’
Emerging Tech
FAA Delays Drone Remote ID Tracking, ‘Operations Over People’ Rules
Compliance deadlines for manufacturers and operators have also been pushed out.
Emerging Tech
FAA, Choctaw Nation to Conduct Drone Studies
The partnership will investigate moving goods at low altitudes and traits of human operators.
Emerging Tech
FAA Names Five Host Airports to Test Counter-Drone Tech
The ultimate aim is to create national airport standards for drone detection and mitigation.
Ideas
FAA Releases Remote ID, the Largest Regulatory Change for Drones In Years
Part of the purpose is to allow for more complex operations in the future.
Ideas
Autonomous Vehicle Standards Don’t Have to Reinvent the Wheel
Embrace the approach already taken by experts.
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