I mean it's atrocious the system we use. It's safe, but we're seeing the cracks of age." "So, we're gonna build a brand new state-of-the-art system.".@SecDuffy teases a NEW air traffic control system: ...

The Trump administration has announced a plan to replace the country’s aging air traffic control system with an all-new technology—but needs Congress to allot tens of billions of dollars.

A Government Accountability Office report released last year found 51 of the FAA’s 138 air traffic controller systems were unsustainable, and another 54 were deemed potentially unsustainable.

The Trump administration has announced a plan to replace the country’s aging air traffic control system with an all-new technology—but needs Congress to allot tens of billions of dollars.

FILE - The air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is seen at sunset, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Arlington, Va.. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file) TOPICS: ...

It set aside $500 million for the design and early construction of the projects, which were scheduled to break ground last year. “These new air traffic control towers will mean that smaller ...

The fragile state of the U.S. air traffic control system was easy to see during the recent outages in Newark. But it will be a lot harder to make up for decades of underinvestment and other mistakes.

The FAA isn't alone in clinging to floppy disk technology. San Francisco's train control system still runs on DOS loaded from 5.25-inch floppy disks, with upgrades not expected until 2030 due to ...

A 2023 FAA Inspector General report showed 20 of 26 critical air traffic control facilities are staffed below the agency’s 85% threshold, with New York’s Terminal Radar Approach Control at 54%.