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The FAA is a mess. Annexing our neighbors to the north, as Trump favors, looks like a longshot. But we should copy its ...
Here's why America's airlines and aviation groups support the 'big beautiful bill' to fund a modernized air traffic control ...
Congress approved a sweeping budget deal that includes $12.5 billion to modernize America’s aging air traffic control system.
CBS News got an up-close look at a pilot's training inside a 737 Max simulator amid a renewed focus on the U.S.' aging air ...
Looking into the measures being implemented to strengthen ATC systems against cyber threats, from technological upgrades to ...
An effort to privatize U.S. air traffic control in 2017 never took off. Now the aviation industry is uniting behind the Trump ...
Congress passed a bill including $12.5 billion for air traffic control improvements, but it cut incentives for the EV market and reduced funding for Brand USA, while increasing some visa fees, drawing ...
Of the 290 FAA-operated air traffic control towers spread across America in 2023 (the most recent year with available data), 128 were considered understaffed, falling below the FAA’s 85% ...
Most air traffic control towers and facilities across the US currently operate with technology that seems frozen in the 20th century, although that isn't necessarily a bad thing—when it works ...
US air traffic control still runs on Windows 95 and floppy disks Agency seeks contractors to modernize decades-old systems within four years. Benj Edwards – Jun 9, 2025 8:36 AM | 195 ...
US air traffic control systems are to get an upgrade, finally ending the use of 30-year-old operating system Windows 95, and dispensing with floppy disks and paper strips in the process.
President Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Aviation Administration was grilled by senators Wednesday on critical safety-related issues, including the required hours needed for pilots, the ...