US EditionFAA picks 2 firms to replace 612 outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely on
The Federal Aviation Administration selected RTX and Indra to replace 612 aging radar systems nationwide by 2028 to improve reliability and reduce maintenance costs.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced that Peraton and another contractor will replace 612 radar systems by summer of 2028, according to the FAA.
- Amid aging hardware and scarce spare parts, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said many units have exceeded their service life, forcing searches on eBay while spending most of the $3 billion equipment budget maintaining systems relying on floppy discs.
- Last spring, technical failures twice knocked out radar for air traffic controllers around Newark Liberty International Airport, and redundancy failures at a Philadelphia facility caused major delays.
- The FAA has already committed more than $6 billion of the $12.5 billion Congress approved, Duffy said, but another $20 billion will be needed to meet the administration's end of 2028 goal.
- Replacing 14 different radar types will simplify maintenance and repairs, and the agency has already replaced over one-third of outdated copper wires with fiber optic lines while hiring Peraton, national security contractor, to oversee upgrades.
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FAA picks 2 firms to replace 612 outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely on
The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.
Air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (Symbolic image) (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) Getty Images. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded contracts to Spain's Indra and the US-based RTX to modernize its air traffic control system. The project will replace up to 612 obsolete radars by June 2028, with work expected to begin this quarter. The contract awarded to Collins Aeros…
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