DOT, Aviation Groups Ask Congress for $30B to Modernize Airspace
‘If you don’t want to do it now, when do you want to do it?’ Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asks Congress.
‘If you don’t want to do it now, when do you want to do it?’ Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asks Congress.
New funding appeal is more than what officials previously requested or said they would be seeking.
NATCA says it ‘has not been involved in the design, testing, or implementation’ of the program.
Shenandoah University is the 13th university and first from Old Dominion State to join FAA’s E-CTI initiative.
Air traffic control effort seeks to replace, upgrade, and introduce new physical and digital infrastructure.
Agency leader also would not commit to giving controllers a 3.8 percent raise provided for by legislation.
Officials praise progress made over the last year but say more support from Congress is needed.
Agency awards a reported 12-year, $875 million contract to startup Air Space Intelligence.
Officials share new details of the Strategic Management of Airspace Routing Trajectories (SMART) platform.
Agency’s latest action to address a long-standing shortage would tap into a pool of privately managed air traffic controllers.