Key Pillar Of New U.S. ATC System Lacks Funding

Two people at computers in air traffic control tower simulator

The RTX Advanced Development and Engineering Center in Washington hosts an air traffic control tower simulator.

Credit: RTX Collins Aerospace
Two of the three pillars of the Trump administration’s ambitious plan to transform U.S. air traffic management are progressing, officials report, but the third—and most critical—remains an unfunded concept. A summit at U.S. Transportation Department headquarters in Washington on April 21 provided a...
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Senior Air Transport & Safety Editor Sean Broderick covers aviation safety, MRO, and the airline business from Aviation Week Network's Washington, D.C. office.

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Bill Carey

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