At the same time, Musk has been trying to obtain a $2 billion contract now held by Verizon to run the FAA’s communications system for all U.S. air traffic.

A group of U.S. senators are asking the Transportation Department secretary to address firings at the Federal Aviation Administration and SpaceX’s involvement in overhauling air traffic

Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his SpaceX satellite and rocket company,

Starship, the world's largest rocket, could fly again as soon as Friday on its second launch of the year if the FAA gives approval.

Three SpaceX workers hired as temporary FAA employees are barred from accessing the Office of Commercial Space Transportation’s systems, ethics records reveal.

The FAA is testing Starlink terminals for upgrades to the networks that manage airspace, creating the latest conflict of interest between the US government and Elon Musk.

Elon Musk’s aerospace company SpaceX is seeking to integrate its Starlink satellite terminals in the U.S. FAA’s (Federal Aviation

Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia to take what he positioned as a tour.

SpaceX engineers were said to be simply touring the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday. In fact, some were already being onboarded at the agency under a policy designed to increase “employment opportunities for people with disabilities.