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.

The FAA and DOT announced a plan to modernize the U.S. air traffic control system. The plan includes replacing outdated facilities and technology. The upgrades aim to improve safety and efficiency ...

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.

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 ...

U.S. transportation secretary to announce air traffic control overhaul President Trump announced Thursday that his administration wants to replace the technology at thousands of air traffic ...

The DOT plan presented today is focused on providing what officials say will be a state-of-the-art air traffic control system. As part of that effort, the FAA would replace core infrastructure ...

The Trump administration on Thursday announced an ambitious three-year plan to replace the United State's aging air traffic control system. Officials did not provide an exact cost estimate but said it ...

GAO said 51 of the FAA's 138 air traffic control systems are unsustainable. The FAA told the GAO last year not to plan to complete modernization projects for many systems for at least a decade.

House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) released a budget reconciliation proposal Tuesday that would allocate $15 billion for the modernization of air tra… ...

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"After decades of originally — and we're taking about a long time ago — reliable service, air traffic control is long overdue for, not an overhaul really, for a remaking," Mr. Trump said.