ATCA today is very proud to announce that it will present its highest honor, the Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award, to Michael Huerta, a first generation college graduate from Riverside, Calif., who rose as an accomplished technology and transportation executive with a deep passion for safety and public service to become the longest-serving administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), presiding over the safest period in U.S. aviation history. Huerta will be honored on Oct. 29 during an award soirée to be held for the first time at the extraordinarily renovated National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution ir and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, site of the permanent home of the trophy whose annual recipient is celebrated in memory of one of the recognized fathers of air traffic control. The award, created in 1986, honors the achievements of individuals who have made a lifelong commitment to aviation and safety. Read ATCA's Full Release: https://atca.org/atca-board-selects-former-faa-administrator-michael-huerta-as-2025-recipient-of-glen-a-gilbert-memorial-award (fb)

There have been many changes in the aviation and Air Traffic Management (ATM) industry recently. To be responsive to our members' needs, we have refocused our programming for 2025-2026 around a powerful and timely unifying theme: Safety in the Modern Airspace. Given the growing complexity of our airspace—from new entrants and evolving technologies to workforce and policy pressures—safety is both a critical priority and a versatile foundation upon which to structure our programming. Each event will explore a different dimension of safety, allowing content to build progressively throughout the year. Please mark your calendars for these valuable industry gatherings. (fb)