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What it does
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), formerly the Federal Aviation Agency, was established by the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 731). The agency became a component of the Department of Transportation in 1967 pursuant to the Department of Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 106). The mission of the FAA is to regulate civil aviation and U.S. commercial space transportation, maintain and operate air traffic control and navigation systems for both civil and military aircrafts, and develop and administer programs relating to aviation safety and the National Airspace System.
Where it sits
A component of Transportation Department.
Recent actions
Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Helicopters
Airworthiness Directives; DG Aviation GmbH (Type Certificate Previously Held by DG Flugzeugbau GmbH) Gliders
Overpressure Blast Effects Analysis Burden Reducing Clarification
Lightning Hazard Mitigation Burden-Reducing Exception
Streamlining Flight Safety Analysis Methodology Means of Compliance
Digital Modernization for Licensing Electronic Application Submissions
Simplifying Physical Containment Requirements
Amendment of Domestic Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal Airways V-16, V-184, and Revocation of V-284 and V-577; Eastern United States