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FAA unveils largest reorganization, creates SMS and AAM units

The FAA announced what it calls the largest reorganization in its history, establishing a dedicated Safety Management Systems (SMS) office and an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) unit while streamlining internal activities to improve efficiency and accelerate decision‑making across the agency.

Discovered 2026-01-27T08:41:44.188872-08:00 | 2026-01-27T08:41:44.188872-08:00

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  • The reorganization centralizes safety oversight functions and creates an SMS-focused structure, a substantive change to how certification, inspections and enforcement are managed — see the agency's recent safety oversight consolidation (source:62ed0642-ae72-4a36-8121-cd2aa0c052b1).
  • Establishing a dedicated AAM unit signals an operational shift to prioritize eVTOL integration and coordinated data-sharing, complementing the FAA’s AAM flight-test pilot program (source:67b4ad28-450e-4e4c-ad48-96cb7a85d485).
  • Streamlining internal activities is intended to speed modernization and resource allocation at the agency, occurring alongside multibillion-dollar ATC telecom and radar upgrade plans (source:4552c4df-f7c0-430b-9d8f-263e035a1899).

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2026-01-27T08:41:44.188872-08:00
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