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House aviation subcommittee presses FAA on $12.5B modernization rollout and Peraton integrator role
Summary
Lawmakers pressing FAA Administrator Bedford sought clarity on how the agency will spend the $12.5 billion down payment for air‑traffic‑control modernization, how Peraton will be held accountable as the prime integrator, and when Congress will receive statutorily required spending reports.
FAA Administrator Michael Bedford told the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation that the agency has committed more than $6 billion of the $12.5 billion Congress provided for air‑traffic‑control modernization and that his team has adopted a "think slow, move fast" approach to define an end state before large procurements.
Members pressed Bedford on the integrator the FAA selected to help execute the multi‑year modernization effort. "Peraton's mission is to assist the FAA and then frankly to lead us in thinking about how to execute modernization," Bedford said, explaining the company brings…
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