DOT Solicits Input on Regulatory Reform and Infrastructure Projects On June 9, 2017, Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), appearing alongside President Donald J. Trump, announced a public request to identify DOT requirements which “unjustifiably dela…
Read More »On May 23, United States Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) convened a Congressional hearing entitled “Reopening the American Frontier: Exploring How the Outer Space Treaty Will Impact American Commerce and Settlement in Space.” The purpose of the hearing was to clarify the obligations of the U.S. governme…
Read More »On May 19th, the United States Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit, nullified a 2015 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rule that required owners of small unmanned aircraft (drones) being operated for recreational purposes to register those aircraft with the FAA. Such drones are referred to as “model…
Read More »On March 28-31, Roncevert Ganan Almond, Partner, and Connie Hunter, Senior Advisor, represented The Wicks Group (TWG) at the Second ICAO Meeting on the Sustainable Development of Air Transport in Africa held Accra, Ghana. Hosted by the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the International Civ…
Read More »On February 2, 2017, Roncevert (Ronce) Ganan Almond, a partner and vice-president at The Wicks Group, appeared on The Heat, the current affairs show of CGTN America – the news channel run by Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television – to discuss the future of the China-Philippines bilatera…
Read More »This week, The Wicks Group deployed technical assistance teams around the globe in support of projects for the civil aviation authorities of Azerbaijan, India, and Panama. The teams—which include experts in the fields of airworthiness, aircraft operations, aviation law, and air operator certificati…
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