The FAA launches a major air traffic control overhaul. Here’s what the modernization could mean for future drone integration.

The recent government shutdown created a mess for air travel, which raises the essential question: Why is the Air Traffic Control (ATC) system still part of the government? Even before the shutdown, ...

A long-dormant volcano erupted in northern Ethiopia over the weekend, sending ash plumes across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia erupted on ...

The ash cloud drifted over northern India, causing some flight delays and cancellations, and continued toward China. By Lynsey Chutel A volcano that erupted in Ethiopia spewed an ash cloud that ...

A volcano in Ethiopia has erupted for the first known time in 10,000 years, spewing plumes of thick smoke and ash high into the sky and impacting air travel thousands of miles away in India. The ...

Hayli Gubbi, a shield volcano in northern Ethiopia, erupted for several hours on the morning of Sunday, Nov. 23 — the first eruption since the start of the Holocene. When you purchase through links on ...

Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia has been dormant for all of recorded history. A long-dormant volcano has just erupted for the first time in recorded history. The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northern Ethiopia's ...

A long-quiet volcano in Ethiopia spewed ash nine miles into the sky on Sunday, marking the first known major eruption from this volcano for more than 12,000 years. Under-studied and situated in ...

A sign in the window of the control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Nov. 8, during the government shutdown. (Peter W. Stevenson/The Washington Post) Americans flying home for Thanksgiving ...

The fragile truce largely insulating civilians in northern Ethiopia from war crimes and other abuses may be unraveling. With many countries focused elsewhere, it is increasingly important that ...

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is nearing the selection of a private "prime integrator" to lead the overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system (BNATCS), a new strategy compared to ...

Dangerous behavior behind the wheel has become a citywide crisis. Drivers speed through intersections, ignore street signs, and run red lights as if traffic laws no longer apply to them. These actions ...