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North Texas — already home to many next-generation aviation companies, including those in north Fort Worth’s booming Alliance hub — is being considered for a new multimillion federal center for advanced aviation technology. The Federal Aviation Administration sent a request for information for its planned Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies to the Arlington-based North Central Texas Council of Governments, the agency’s transportation director Michael Morris told local elected and appointed officials at a meeting late last week. The federal agency is currently seeking input for the planned research and testing center, authorized under the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 approved by Congress and signed by President Joe Biden in May. The legislation, co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, as well as two other senators, will provide $4 billion each year for airport infrastructure projects that increase safety and capacity. The Center for Advanced Aviation Technologies is also intended to increase integration of advanced air mobility and other emerging aviation services, such as air taxis and vertical-lift aircraft, into the National Airspace System. “This is the first step of a procurement process,” Morris told members of the Regional Transportation Council on Thursday afternoon. “They’re looking at tens of millions of dollars to create a center of advanced aviation technology. We’re hearing a lot of whispering that they would like to potentially have that in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, so we’re giving you a heads-up that that work is being put together and the partnership (is) being put together through Tier 1 universities and our aviation system.” The Regional Transportation Council, an independent policy council composed of elected and appointed members from Tarrant, Dallas, Denton and several other surrounding counties, could address the proposal with its support in the future, Morris said. Get essential daily news for the Fort Worth area. Sign up for insightful, in-depth stories — completely free. “To get ready for that, we’ll have the appropriate action on your agenda at an appropriate time,” he said. “We wanted to give you advanced notice on that.” The FAA’s Southwest regional headquarters is located at 10101 Hillwood Parkway in north Fort Worth near Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport. That office partners with federal, state and local governments to promote aviation safety and education across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. The office also addresses airspace and procedure modernization, runway safety, aviation workforce development, finance, information technology, policy, human resources and civil rights. The Alliance airport has attracted several advanced aviation companies, including AVX Aircraft Co., which plans to design, test and build unmanned aircraft for military and commercial uses . AVX recently relocated from a small office in Benbrook to a larger, modern facility at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport to grow the company specializing in advanced vertical-lift technology. Cruz has championed bringing the advanced aviation center to Texas and hosted a roundtable discussion on the topic at Dallas Executive Airport on Aug. 30. Representatives from 11 aviation-related companies, including Southwest Airlines and Amazon, participated as well as those from Texas A&M University and the system’s Autonomy Research Institute in Corpus Christi. “Texas continues to lead the way in the aviation sector — it’s why I am advocating for the center to be based in the Lone Star State,” Cruz posted on the X social media platform at the time. Cruz said companies in the state including commercial carriers, spaceflight, drones and more spotlight that “Texas continues to be on the forefront of flight.” The legislation, Cruz said, “delivers significant wins for Texas and the hundreds of thousands of Texans who work in aerospace.” “The new law,” he added, “also establishes an advanced aviation center for testing and approving futuristic aircraft, like air taxis, that Texas is well-positioned to host.” In August, Gov. Greg Abbott appointed nine people, including Southlake resident Kevin Cox, CEO of Ferrovial Vertiports, to the state’s Aerospace and Aviation Advisory Committee.The committee assists in Texas’ economic development efforts to recruit and retain aerospace and aviation jobs and investments in the state. The FAA said its requests for information will help inform the aviation industry of the agency’s intent to implement a CAAT airspace laboratory, flight demonstration zones and testing corridors to support testing and advancement of advanced air mobility. The survey will help the agency assess estimated costs and the level of interest and capabilities of qualified industry, academic, research and government entities. The council of governments said the University of Texas at Arlington, University of North Texas in Denton, Southern Methodist University in Dallas and the Richardson-based University of Texas at Dallas are involved in the procurement process for the FAA center. Input for information requests must be submitted by 6 p.m. Jan. 6, the FAA said. Eric E. Garcia is a senior business reporter at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at eric.garcia@fortworthreport.org . At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. 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You can’t sell or syndicate our stories. You can only publish select stories individually — not as a collection. Any web site our stories appear on must include a contact for your organization. If you share our stories on social media, please tag us in your posts using @FortWorthReport on Facebook and @FortWorthReport on Twitter. by Eric E. Garcia, Fort Worth Report December 16, 2024John Howard and Karl Marx (Image: Private Media/Zennie) On the unhappiness of young Australians: Adam Ford writes: 91% more likely to experience loneliness than the over 75s — for whom loneliness has long been an established problem. I think it needs to be highlighted how far off the end of the scale those numbers are. The solution to this is obviously preventing young people from interacting or networking with others on social media. Obviously. I mean no doubt social media is a driver of the trend, but delaying access for a couple of years will do literally nothing. As already noted, building resilience (in people and in the systems) is the only effective policy approach. So of course we’ve gone down the other path. Jean M writes: Interesting article and report, but I’m wondering... why is there nothing about younger Australians’ intention to have children? I suspect the difference between older and younger Australians would be stark. Surely this is no peripheral issue. There is no society that doesn’t raise children. Lonelier, unhappier but more welcoming: Younger Australians are a different people altogether Read More Robert Reynolds writes: I think, if I remember correctly, Karl Marx predicted increasing levels of alienation and isolation in the community as capitalism became more exploitative and rapacious. So, I am not overly surprised that this survey finds that: “Young people are far more likely to feel loneliness” and “lack a sense of belonging”. The only mystery to me is that more people of all ages are not feeling the same. For example, I have had two uninvited telephone calls already today purportedly from financial institutions telling me that I have a substantial debit transaction ready to be deducted from my account and that I should press “1” to authorise it, or to press “2” to speak to an operator should I not want this to happen. One of these calls was from a bank that I have no association with whatsoever. Let me tell you, as an old geriatric, I absolutely do not feel “a sense of belonging” to a society that allows this and much worse to occur, and to occur as a matter of routine. I found it interesting to compare my own views and attitudes with those of young people. The only significant difference I could detect was that, unlike the young people, I want immigration to be virtually brought to a halt. The article was also interesting from the point of view that it helps me to better understand the kind of world that my grandchildren will be growing up in (provided the warmongers and assorted mass murderers in the Pentagon and Washington DC don’t destroy us all first). On Dutton’s Trumpian migrant rhetoric: Marilyn Hoban writes: Peter Dutton has spent the last two years blaming migrants for all the ills facing Australia from housing to traffic congestion, knowing full well that he is only scaremongering. Recently we had the privilege of visiting my granddaughter’s school fete. Her school is a bilingual Spanish-English school catering to local Australians and those from South and Central America. The atmosphere was vibrant, from the Colombian, Mexican and Spanish food on offer to the music being performed by local choirs and the involvement of the whole school community. It was a magnificent snapshot of what immigration can do for this country. Well-thought-out immigration policies enrich us all. Vera Poole writes: I suggest everyone should read Gareth Hutchens’ “Does Australia have much control over temporary migration“ on ABC to realise that there are no easy solutions. Temporary migration (I’m not opposed to it) is very much at the centre of the difficulties faced by current, previous and future governments of whatever persuasion and composition. Dutton copies Trump on foreign students as Labor’s migration failure becomes clear Read More Tony McIntyre writes: John Howard tripled migration over twenty years ago and we have had a turbo-charged immigration program ever since. It was about twenty years ago when house prices started to skyrocket. That is not a coincidence. This massive immigration program was meant to supply workers. The reality is that it has increased demand for workers more than it has supplied workers. The economic benefits are grossly over-exaggerated — I read a report that suggested they average about zero. Some people and organisations benefit hugely but the rest of us are left with the costs. It seems John Howard was wrong when he said “we will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances under which they come.” It appears that it is the universities and property developers who decide. Economists live in a fantasy world where resources are infinite. When I was at university the long-term sustainable population for Australia was calculated at 18 million. On militarised policing against protesters: Andi writes: Remember Battlestar Galactica ? Captain William Adama: “There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”winph99. com 。

Tigers coach Dabo Swinney announced Howard's injury Wednesday. The 6-foot-3, 295-pound fifth-year graduate has been a backup much of the season, but had to step into a starter's role due to injuries along Clemson's offensive line. “My heart breaks for him,” Swinney said. Howard came in on the second snap in a 24-20 win at Pitt two games ago when lineman Elyjah Thurmon was hurt on the first play. Thurmon had an ankle injury that required surgery and will not return this season. Howard got his fourth career start last Saturday in a 51-14 win over The Citadel. and was in line for another if injured starter Marcus Tate was unable to go after missing the past three games. Howard was listed as a backup at both right and left guard on this week's depth chart. The Tigers (9-2) face the rival Gamecocks (8-3) on Saturday. —- Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football

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