The current system has had relatively little upgrading in 25 to 30 years.
Secretary Sean Duffy has announced that the Transportation Department will request Congressional funding for a “brand new state-of-the-art” air traffic control system.
“We’re going to go from copper lines to fiber lines. Our radar, some of the newest models that we have date back to like 1982. We’re going to have brand new radar, brand new terminals for air traffic controllers, we’re going to have sensors on runways,” Secretary Duffy said in an interview this past week.
Secretary Duffy said that President Donald Trump would receive a “first sneak peek” of the system before the funding request was filed with Congress. The transportation secretary emphasized the importance of receiving full funding for this project up front, but did not disclose how much these updates would cost. Some estimates reach into the billions, and Secretary Duffy has previously said the full update will likely take four years to complete.
“It’s not that we don’t know that we’ve had a problem with air traffic control, but it takes too long. And then technology changes, money changes, administrations change. So we have to do this really fast. And so the Congress has to give us all the money up front,” Secretary Duffy said.
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For the transportation secretary and members of his department as they prepare plans to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system.
- For Acting Administrator Chris Rocheleau as he oversees the Federal Aviation Administration.
- For members of the Senate as they consider President Trump’s nomination of Bryon Bedford as FAA Administrator.
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