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DOT, FAA announce accelerated rebuild of U.S. air‑traffic control and name Peraton integrator
Summary
The Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration said they will replace decades‑old air‑traffic control hardware and software across the national airspace, using a $12.5 billion appropriation and a Peraton integrator contract while asking Congress for more software funding.
Secretary Duffy opened a Washington briefing by saying the DCA crash prompted a review of decades‑old systems and a commitment to “build a brand new air traffic control system.” He framed the effort as a national infrastructure project that will create American manufacturing and installation jobs and vowed "radical transparency" about schedules and progress.
Duffy said the program will use the $12.5 billion in recent federal appropriations as a down payment and that the administration aims to complete major infrastructure work in roughly 2½ to 3 years. “This project is gonna take 10,000,000 labor hours,” he said, and noted the…
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