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FAA Chief: 5G Brings 'Sharp Focus' on Need To Look Beyond Industry
FAA acting Administrator Billy Nolen said 5G underscored that aviation is inextricably linked to other sectors and can no longer act as a closed society.
(Photo: FAA)
(Photo: FAA)

Concerns surrounding 5G implementation have brought into “sharp focus” how the aviation industry is inextricably linked to others and how the industry must work more quickly and in an agile way to anticipate risks that emerging innovation can pose, FAA acting Administrator Billy Nolen said Wednesday.

Speaking during a webinar hosted by RTCA, Nolen said when he joined the agency a year ago, much of the dialog surrounded 5G and “how we are going to avoid falling into some sort of a major crisis mode.”

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