🚨 DUFFY PUSHES $30 BILLION PLAN TO OVERHAUL AMERICA’S AGING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM 🚨
#News #BreakingTransportation Secretary Sean Duffy is backing a new $30 billion funding package to accelerate the nationwide modernization of America’s air traffic control system. The proposal would come on top of $12.5 billion previously approved by Congress.
Duffy says some of the technology keeping America’s skies moving is decades old:
“Our architecture is a 1980s architecture.”
“We have an old operating system, an operating system from the 1990s.”
The $30 billion would go toward replacing outdated telecom and software, modernizing aging control towers and infrastructure, and upgrading airports across the country.
Duffy says that under current funding levels, replacing every aging tower would take an astonishing 300 YEARS.
“That’s unacceptable.News
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AI GeneratedThe speaker requests $30 billion in funding to modernize U.S. aviation, emphasizing that aviation is a rare point of bipartisan agreement in Washington. While previous funding was managed under budget, significant investment is now required to replace outdated 1980s architecture, crumbling tower infrastructure, and underfunded midsize airports to ensure safety and efficiency.