{"id":2513260,"date":"2025-11-21T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/digitization-of-aviation-supply-chain-an-opportunity-to-ascend-out-of-1950s\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T15:45:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T20:45:22","slug":"digitization-of-aviation-supply-chain-an-opportunity-to-ascend-out-of-1950s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/digitization-of-aviation-supply-chain-an-opportunity-to-ascend-out-of-1950s\/","title":{"rendered":"Digitization of aviation supply chain an opportunity to ascend out of 1950s"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdigitization-of-aviation-supply-chain-an-opportunity-to-ascend-out-of-1950s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2513260&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-vision-of-democracy-means-fewer-choices-for-voters\/\" title=\"Democrats&#039; Vision Of Democracy Means Fewer Choices For Voters\">article discusses efforts<\/a> to modernize the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faa-shutdown-fallout-controllers-warn-system-is-fragile\/\" title=\"... shutdown fallout: Controllers warn system is \u2018fragile\u2019\">aviation supply chain<\/a>, which remains heavily reliant on outdated paper documentation despite advances in technology. U.S. Representative Brad Knott (R-NC) criticizes the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >maintaining regulatory processes<\/a> that date back to the 1950s, resulting in inefficiencies and high costs in air travel and cargo transport. Knott has introduced the Aviation supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025, aiming to digitize FAA supply chain documentation to improve efficiency, reduce counterfeit parts, and enhance safety. Representative hillary Scholten (D-MI) supports the bipartisan bill, emphasizing the logic of trusting digital systems as much as computers that fly planes.The legislation faces resistance from entrenched FAA practices and the challenges of passing bills through Congress.Industry leaders also back the move, recognizing the benefits of overcoming barriers to digital documentation and improving supply chain integrity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Digitization of aviation supply chain an opportunity to ascend out of 1950s<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2410374\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/transportation\/\">Moving passengers and cargo<\/a> through the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-travel\/\">air<\/a> is heavily regulated and significantly ties efficiency to expense.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As currently postured,&rdquo; says U.S. Rep. Brad Knott (R-NC), &ldquo;the FAA does control a lot of these processes. We&rsquo;re stuck in the 1950s.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3894799\/trump-two-court-wins-immigration-enforcement-chicago-awaits-troop-deployment-ruling\/\">Trump notches two court wins for immigration enforcement in Chicago but awaits troop deployment ruling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/3895291\/push-to-expand-offshore-oil-production-faces-headwinds\/\">Push to expand offshore oil production faces headwinds<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3895280\/kirk-positive-christianity-ohio-bill\/\">Kirk, positive Christianity focus of Ohio bill<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Knott has authored and filed the Aviation Supply Chain Safety and Security Digitization Act of 2025. In America&rsquo;s near-ubiquitous internet access age featuring the mainstream of artificial intelligence and a prevailing digital economy, the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/federal-aviation-administration\/\">Federal Aviation Administration<\/a> has control in a supply chain still reliant on paper documents.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You have so many processes it becomes its own worst enemy,&rdquo; Knott told The Center Square in a telephone interview from Washington on Friday morning. &ldquo;The approval forms are so plentiful they become stifling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-MI) is engaged in the battle to digitize.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very fortunate to have early bipartisan support and industry support,&rdquo; Knott said. &ldquo;One of the things we were focused on was picking a good partner. Hillary Scholten is a pragmatic member. On its face, it&rsquo;s an easy sale. It&rsquo;s an antiquated system, with processes that affect the public and private sector.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Scholten said, in a release from Knott&rsquo;s office, &ldquo;If we trust computers to fly planes, we can trust them to store critical paperwork. It is beyond time for the FAA to transition to digital documentation &ndash; a change that prevents counterfeit parts in the supply chain and keeps us all safe. I am proud to be leading this straightforward, commonsense, and bipartisan legislation and look forward to getting it passed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Knott says the resistance anticipated is two-fold. One is resistance to change, particularly in the FAA, and the other is &ldquo;the difficulties in getting anything from the House to the Senate and on to the president&rsquo;s desk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Knott, a former federal prosecutor, said he&rsquo;s naturally opposed to government inefficiencies. He recognizes inherent burdens on a functioning government and the economy. At the outset of his freshman year in Congress, he saw regulatory issues impacting Raleigh-Durham International Airport via the Environmental Protection Agency.<\/p>\n<p>So, he got busy. Taxpayers, such as the estimated 2.6 million to 2.9 million airline passengers a day in the United States, will get their eye tests in efficiency and costs.<\/p>\n<p>Knott says the legislation attacks what is regulated and how it is regulated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Aviation is among the most regulated industries, and some would say appropriately so given the catastrophic effects of failure,&rdquo; Knott said. &ldquo;When you have leading companies working with a government agency, using the Dewey Decimal System to catalogue and comply, that hurts everybody. It stifles innovation, implementation of new technologies, ability of carriers to move travelers and cargo efficiently.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While it&rsquo;s not quite a library system, Knott says &ldquo;we all benefit&rdquo; when there&rsquo;s cost efficiency.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3894688\/faa-perfect-attendance-shutdown-bonuses\/\">FAA SAYS $10,000 BONUSES ONLY FOR WORKERS WITH PERFECT ATTENDANCE DURING SHUTDOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement released by Knott&rsquo;s office, Robert Sumwalt and John Porcari say the bill is good for the industry. They are cochairmen of the Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition, with Sumwalt, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Porcari, the former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n<p>They said, &ldquo;The Aviation Supply Chain Integrity Coalition welcomes efforts to identify barriers to digital documentation, verification, and traceability in the aviation industry. The Coalition has worked since its inception to address such barriers through voluntary industry actions, and we appreciate the work of Reps. Knott and Scholten to strengthen the integrity of the aviation supply chain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation supply chain digitization: escaping 1950s limits<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2513261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25280753185872.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67497,67496,28115,11458],"class_list":["post-2513260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-aviation-supply-chain","tag-digitization","tag-modernization","tag-technology"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25280753185872.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513264,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513260\/revisions\/2513264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}