Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization establishes new cyber threat management responsibilities

The Federal Aviation Administration will take on new duties to address cyber threats as part of a reauthorization law signed by President Biden on May 16, including launching a rulemaking process on cyber risks to civil aircraft and standing up a new cyber threat management process for the national airspace system.

The law authorizes the FAA and National Transportation Safety Board through fiscal 2028 and contains several sections on cybersecurity, focused on helping “protect aircraft electronics, including piloting control,...