FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. government agency responsible for regulating civil aviation. In October 2025, the FAA made landmark changes to its UAP-related terminology and reporting protocols.
UAP-Related Actions (2025)
Notice JO 7110.800 (October 2025)
Two critical changes:
- Terminology: Officially replaced “UFO” with “UAP” in all FAA communications and protocols
- Mandatory reporting: Established new mandatory reporting protocols for air traffic control personnel encountering UAP, linking reports to aaro frameworks
The notice framed UAP reporting as a potential national security concern, elevating its priority within aviation safety infrastructure.
Significance
This was a landmark bureaucratic change that formalized UAP as a recognized category within the world’s largest air traffic control system. It represents a major expansion of uap-reporting-infrastructure and a concrete step toward reducing uap-stigma in professional aviation.
Integration with AARO
The FAA’s May 2025 integration with aaro’s case-management architecture reframed anomalous reports as safety-of-flight concerns rather than intelligence matters, providing a non-stigmatized rationale for reporting.
Sources
- src-uap-landscape-2025 — Detailed coverage of Notice JO 7110.800 and AARO integration