On April 21, 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that one of the six test sites chosen for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) research has been deemed operational. The six test sites were selected on December 30, 2013 by congressional mandate. …
Read More »The Wicks Group (TWG) recently joined two organizations formed to support India’s growing aviation sector, the US-India Aviation Cooperation Program (ACP) and the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC). With these memberships, TWG is supporting continued improvements in global aviation safety and…
Read More »Under the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, the FAA required the Aviation Administration to initiate a rulemaking to require air carriers conducting domestic, flag, and supplemental operations to make available on their websites information meant to enable passengers to determine which chil…
Read More »On March 18, 2014 the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a Final Rule which amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) and incorporates provisions contained in widely used and longstanding special permits and competent authority approvals. Special permits an…
Read More »On March 17, 2014, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that would require drug and alcohol testing for certain employees at part 145 certificated repair stations located outside the United States. Such testing is required for employees …
Read More »On March 12, 2014, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) congratulated the Republic of Azerbaijan's State Civil Aviation Authority (SCAA) on achieving Category 1 Aviation Safety Rating, in compliance with international standards, which was announced on March 7th by the Federal Aviation Admi…
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