In a sweeping plan to fix what officials call "decades of neglect," the FAA and DOT are launching a nationwide air traffic control upgrade Skipping the US Travel 2025 🌴 This country's safest A ...

The nation's aging air traffic control system will be replaced with one that is aimed at 21st-century needs while improving safety, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday.

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The Trump administration has unveiled an ambitious plan to overhaul the country’s outdated air traffic control system through huge investments in technology after a series of issues have stirred ...

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is unveiling a multi-billion-dollar plan to upgrade air traffic control technology and hire more controllers in an effort to address recent flight ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is trying to sell Congress on his plan to overhaul the nation's air traffic control system that will cost “tens of billions.” (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago ...

An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump administration's plan to overhaul the system.

The plan also includes investing in new ground radar sensors on tarmacs and at airports, a new flight management system and some new air traffic control towers and other facilities, Duffy said.