Federal Aviation Administration administrator Bryan Bedford announced his agency’s plan to overhaul its organizational structure recently.
Bedford said the reorganization would support modernization of the agency as well as enhanced safety and increased transparency. The office will implement a single safety management system and risk management strategy for the agency, as approved by Congress during the 2024 FAA Reauthorization. The agency will be able to share safety data across agency offices, instead of having different safety metrics siloed in individual offices, Bedford said.
The agency, a department of the U.S. Department of Transportation, will launch an Airspace Modernization office to ensure the installation of a new air traffic control system as part of the re-organization, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
“With these critical organizational changes, the FAA can streamline the bureaucracy, encourage innovation, and deliver a new air traffic control system at the speed of Trump – all while enhancing safety,” Duffy said.
The reorganization would also create an Advanced Aviation Technologies office to oversee the integration of drones, eVTOLs and other advanced air mobility vehicles into the country’s airspace, while shifting more key leadership posts to permanent positions and consolidating the management of finance, IT and human resources under the administrator. The agency stress the reorganization would not result in reductions in force.
“It’s important that we have the right people in the right places to do the best work possible,” Bedford said. “These actions will put permanent leaders in place who embrace innovation, share safety data and insights freely and are focused on deploying a brand-new air traffic control system all while integrating key innovation technologies into the new National Airspace System.”