United States: Aviation

We were thrilled to join Pelico for a recent webinar, exploring the current state of MRO networks and where demand is headed, the operational levers that actually move TAT and OTD...

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued groundbreaking regulations for Autonomous Air Taxis, unmanned aircraft designed to revolutionize passenger transportation by 2028. As companies like Boeing and Wisk Aero race to develop these electric vertical takeoff vehicles, complex legal questions emerge around liability, cybersecurity, insurance coverage, and the integration of pilotless aircraft into the National Airspace System.

The FAA has introduced a new regulatory pathway under Section 927 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, offering drone operators an alternative to traditional exemptions through a streamlined waiver process.

On March 18, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that the first wave of what it calls "Conditional Approvals" have been issued to exempt certain foreign-produced uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS)...

There has been a lot of orbital maneuvering in Washington over the past two weeks as the House Science Committee leadership rebuffed a proposed FCC rulemaking focused on space safety and admonished the commission not to drift beyond its spectrum mandate, a Senate bill sought to extend the International Space Station's life an additional two years and NASA announced it was reshuffling its lunar priorities yet again.

Orbital AI systems are already making consequential autonomous decisions (e.g., collision avoidance, data processing, communications routing) without human review and without a clear legal framework governing any of it.

The U.S. government has filed an amicus brief in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, supporting freight brokers and cautioning against state-law claims that would interfere with their operations.

Executive Order 14369 (the EO) calls for America's return to the moon by 2028 and initial elements of a permanent lunar outpost by 2030, with a commercial pathway to replace the International Space Station (ISS) by 2030.

In a recent Nebraska Supreme Court decision, U.S. Specialty Insurance Co. v. DSA Avionics Unlimited, LLC, 320 Neb. 287, 26 N.W.3d 761 (2025), the court reasoned that interpretation of "direct physical loss"...