Trump official seeks $50 billion for air traffic control after outage
- On Friday, the White House and Department of Transportation urged Congress to approve $50 billion to upgrade aging United States airports and air traffic control systems.
- A January 2025 midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport that killed 67 people, alongside recent disruptions, has renewed safety concerns regarding infrastructure.
- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Budget Director Russell Vought seek $10.1 billion for air traffic control modernization, $2 billion for towers, and $18 billion for airport-related projects.
- The Federal Aviation Administration has replaced 68% of legacy copper telecommunications networks with high-speed fiber and plans to phase out floppy disks at more than 400 facilities by 2028.
- Major airlines support the request as the White House presses the Republican-led Congress to approve funding before year-end, ahead of the planned January transition when Democrats take control.
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Speaker Johnson backs air traffic control funding boost after nationwide groundstop
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Saturday that the Republican-controlled Congress will seek to provide funding to update air traffic control systems after flights were grounded nationwide.
US Transport Secretary asks Congress for $30 bn to upgrade aviation infrastructure
A failure in aging telecommunications equipment Friday forced a nationwide halt to departures from US airports. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says officials have found no evidence so far of a cyberattack, but that they're not ruling it out. Details by Jack Pownall.
Sean Duffy insisted that President Trump should be allowed to leave in order to prevent these events from happening again and warns that to recover the nor...
The United States is facing an unprecedented situation since the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001: all flights are suspended. President Donald Trump is asking Congress for $30 billion to modernize the air traffic control system, while the Secretary of Transport estimates that the investment could reach $50 billion.
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