Cost Of Not Modernizing U.S. ATM System Will Be Huge: FAA Administrator

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford with RAA president and CEO Faye Malarkey Black.

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford with RAA president and CEO Faye Malarkey Black.

Credit: Karen Walker
WASHINGTON—The cost of not modernizing the U.S. national airspace system (NAS) would be well over $1 trillion, but the new air traffic management (ATM) modernization program will fail if Congress does not fund it, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford has warned. Bedford addressed an audience at the...
Karen Walker

Karen Walker is Air Transport World Editor-in-Chief and Aviation Week Group Air Transport Editor-in-Chief. She joined ATW in 2011 and oversees the editorial content and direction of ATW, Routes and Aviation Week Group air transport content.

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