FAA chief predicts fewer air traffic control delays this summer

The head of the FAA says there should be fewer flight delays and cancellations this summer, a result of the agency chipping ...
Forbes

Why Is The Air Traffic Control System Still Part Of The Government?

The government shutdown and recent accidents have shown the Air Traffic Control system’s vulnerability. It should be turned into an independent, nonprofit organization removed from politics. The ...
WWNO

'We can do better,' FAA head says of work to update U.S. analog air traffic system

The U.S. aviation system is being modernized — but FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and other leaders say it will take more ...

America 250: How tragedy helped build the nation’s air traffic control system

Tragic airline collisions such as in the Grand Canyon in 1958 and the Potomac River in 2025 can force progress.
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Delta CEO says air traffic control systems are so outdated that some commercial flight routes were faster in the 1950s than they are today

Earlier this year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems. Today, those problems ...

America's air traffic control still uses floppy disks: Here's the $12.5 billion fix

Does the entire US air traffic control system actually run on floppy disks and paper? Read this to find out the truth.
NBC New York

FAA to replace outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely on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 ...

$12.5 billion ‘down payment’ brings air traffic control out of 1990s. Now, more money is needed for new software and AI

The Department of Transportation is eliminating antiquated paper strips, copper communications wiring and computer floppy ...
KUNM

Trump administration gives an update on its plans to overhaul air traffic control

Nearly a year after launching an ambitious plan to rebuild the U.S.'s air traffic control infrastructure, leaders at the DOT gave an update, including details on a proposed AI-driven software system.
PBS

Shutdown puts further strain on already understaffed air traffic control system

Roughly 750,000 federal employees were furloughed when the government closed its doors. Not included in that number are the air traffic controllers who will continue to work, without pay, as long as ...