Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federa the faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accidents are thoroughly investigated, their causes identified, and their solutions implemented. Unfortunately, at this point, we do not yet have the conclusive results of the two crash investigations and cannot say definitively why these terri
[gavel] the committee will come to order. Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federal aviation administration. Im very pleased to be joined by senator jack reed, the subcommittees Ranking Member, senator caputo is here right from the start, and im sure we will be joined by others. The faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethiopian Air flight 302. Serious questions have been raised about the effectiveness of the faas regulatory framework. For the sake of the 346 victims and their families, we need to ensure that these accid
Announcer now, federal Aviation Administration officials testify on the boeing 737 max accidents and subsequent investigations. This appropriations transportation subcommittee hearing is just under two hours. The committee will come to order. Today, our subcommittee is holding an oversight hearing on the federal Aviation Administration. Im very pleased to be joined by senator jack reed, the subcommittees Ranking Member, senator caputo is here right from the start, and im sure we will be joined by others. The faa is a 17 billion agency with 44,000 employees who are responsible for virtually every aspect of aviation in our country, including the safety of commercial airlines, general aviation, and cargo aircraft. Every day, faas air Traffic Controllers are responsible for more than 44,000 flights and 2. 7 Million Airline passengers across more than 29 million square miles of airspace. Over the last year, muchneeded attention has been focused on the crashes of lion air flight 610 and Ethi
Lieutenant general shawn bratton. Live coverage on cspan. The release of the 2024 commercial space strategy comes at a pivotal moment. The u. S. Government had a monopoly and the space force can draw solutions from a commercial sector. The russian invasion of ukraine has demonstrated how data can be for u. S. Government for National Security purposes. These developments bring to the floor questions of adversary against Space Systems owned by u. S. Space commercial operators and the space force should address this challenge. The space force has released long anticipated strategy which outlines how the Space Force Plans to incorporate commercial systems and explore partnerships with and send signals to industry collaborateors. The strategy addresses the questions safeguarding space assets in conflict. What does it mean for the future of Space Security and how will it shape the future of u. S. Space force. To discuss these questions, we are fortunate to be joined by deputy chief of Space
Draw solutions from a commercial sector. The russian invasion of ukraine has demonstrated how data can be for u. S. Government for National Security purposes. These developments bring to the floor questions of adversary against Space Systems owned by u. S. Space commercial operators and the space force should address this challenge. The space force has released long anticipated strategy which outlines how the Space Force Plans to incorporate commercial systems and explore partnerships with and send signals to industry collaborateors. The strategy addresses the questions safeguarding space assets in conflict. What does it mean for the future of Space Security and how will it shape the future of u. S. Space force. To discuss these questions, we are fortunate to be joined by deputy chief of Space Operations, strategy, plans and programs and requirements Lieutenant General shop bratton who will insights on the future of Space Security. As the chief strategy and resourcing officer, he has o