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Washington's AI Pause Exposes a Gap DO-178C Was Never Built to Close

Lawmakers' demand to pause an FAA air traffic AI tool reveals that no existing certification basis, from DO-178C to the EU AI Act, yet covers learned flight-safety decision support.

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Formal Verification Answers One Assurance Question, Not Three

Regulators, insurers, and security reviewers are asking different questions about AI in safety-critical aviation, and formal methods only answer one of them.

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The Real AI Governance Gap Sits Behind the Flight Deck

AI is spreading into MRO records, ground operations, and flight planning faster than certification frameworks can follow, and the risk is accumulating off-camera.

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The Flight AI Certification Gap Still Has No Owner

Aviation regulators and vendors are converging on language for AI assurance faster than they are converging on evidence, leaving program leads to separate tested claims from marketing.