Every year, wildfires in the American West grow more intense, yet aerial firefighting remains hamstrung by a decades-old limitation: aircraft cannot operate safely in darkness or heavy smoke. This ...

NASA researchers are testing airspace prioritization systems to ensure public safety missions maintain priority as commercial ops expand.

ERDA, Utah — The Tooele Valley Airport is calm Tuesday morning as pilots practice maneuvers and hawks patrol the airspace. But at the north end of the runway, there’s another kind of bird of prey, ...