Ignite Global Strategies

04/22/2021

Bill Nelson, got a friendly reception from former colleagues on the Senate Commerce Committee during a hearing April 21 about his nomination to lead NASA.

03/12/2021

The $1.9 trillion COVID relief package called the American Rescue Plan was signed by President Biden today and will set up far-reaching economic aid that will directly impact commercial aviation.

01/20/2021

List of executive actions slated for today.

Joe Biden plans to take 17 executive actions in the first hours of his presidency Wednesday, signing a flurry of executive orders, memoranda and directives to agencies implementing his first moves to address the coronavirus pandemic and undo some of Donald Trump's signature policies.

01/15/2021

This isn't transportation related content but an interesting opinion piece on free speech and the need for more options in terms of social media platforms (i.e. social media platform monopolies).

Until users have other platforms to choose from, Twitter and Facebook will keep calling the shots.

01/14/2021

Looking to the Transportation Nomination to lead the way forward for bipartisanship!

Republican U.S. Sen. Todd Young appeared to extend an olive branch to Democrat and fellow Hoosier Pete Buttigieg ahead of his anticipated confirmation hearings.

01/08/2021

"The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support commercial space activities related to the transport of government and non-government passengers, cargo, and payloads for both orbital and suborbital missions."

For Immediate Release January 8, 2021 Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) to support commercial space activities related to the transport of g...

01/07/2021

Holland and Knight write up on new drone rules for integration.

FAA has released two Final Rules intended to accelerate the integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) – or drones – into the national airspace system.

01/06/2021

Amazon...possibly trying to become the next big cargo player in aviation?

Eleven more Boeing 767-300 freighters will join Amazon’s transportation network starting this year.

01/01/2021

Happy New Year!

01/01/2021

The U.S. EPA issued a final rule on greenhouse gas emission standards for large turbine airplanes, aligning them with ICAO standards.

12/28/2020

From "flights to nowhere," to new world records, to the time that Frenchman ejected himself from a fighter jet, there have been some strange and wild moments in aviation in 2020. Here are 12 of them

12/22/2020

The pandemic aid package negotiated by Congressional leaders includes $15 billion to reinstate payroll reimbursements to airlines that expired two months ago, according to two people familiar with the legislation.