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House Panel Approves Budget Jump for FAA in 2026

House bill to provide a $23.3 billion budget for FAA in 2026

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

July 18, 2025

The U.S. House Appropriations Committee yesterday approved a $23.3 billion budget for the FAA in Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, more than a $2.3 billion increase over the agency’s funding in the current year and including enough for the hiring of 2,500 air traffic controllers. The FY2026 transportation, housing, and urban development (THUD) bill passed 35-to-28 after a nearly eight-hour markup, drawing opposition from Democrats over funding measures primarily involving the HUD side of the bill.

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DOT Chief Continues Push for More ATC Funding

Duffy says FAA needs $31.5 billion to completely upgrade ATC

By Kerry Lynch • Editor, AIN monthly magazine

July 17, 2025

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy continued his push for further federal investment into modernization of the air traffic control system, reiterating to lawmakers yesterday that it will take $31.5 billion “to do the full project.”

Duffy appeared before the full House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to discuss a range of priorities for the Department of Transportation.

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NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Completes First Taxi Tests

By Amy Wilder • Writer

July 18, 2025

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first taxi test on July 10, the initial movement of the experimental jet under its own power. The test took place at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and signals the start of the final phase of ground testing before first flight.

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Pratt & Whitney Plots Next Century of Aircraft Engines