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Senate subcommittee presses FAA on use of $12.5 billion down payment, integrator contract with Peraton
Summary
Senators pressed FAA Administrator Brian Bedford on how the $12.5 billion congressional down payment and a separate $5 billion appropriation are being used to modernize air-traffic-control systems, the timing to obligate funds, and the structure of the integrator contract awarded to Peraton.
The Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation and Space on Thursday pressed Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Brian Bedford for details about how Congress's $12.5 billion down payment on air-traffic-control modernization has been and will be spent, and about the terms of the newly announced prime integrator contract with Peraton.
Chairman Moran opened the hearing by calling the January 29 midair collision that killed 67 people a catalyst for action and asking Bedford to explain how the authorized funds are being used. "By the end of the year, I expect we'll have 6 to 6 and a half billion dollars of the 12 and a half actually earmarked and contractually under obligation for telco modernization, surveillance modernization, and digitizing voice communications," Bedford replied.
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