US says new air traffic control system will not suffer disruptions
UAL•Aging system faces higher upgrade costs
The incident demonstrated the fragility of the aging US air traffic control system. Last year, Congress awarded $12.5 billion for upgrades.
The price tag for telecommunications upgrades has jumped $4.75 billion to $5.91 billion, a government report last week said. FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said outdated telecom copper wires should be completely replaced by September 2027.
US says new system will avoid telecom outages
The US government is developing a modern, resilient air traffic control system that will not experience massive telecom outages like the one that disrupted thousands of flights this week, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday.
"This won't happen in the future with the new architecture. There'll be no single or dual points of failure. There's multiple routes that we can bring telecom into all of our facilities," Duffy told Fox News' "Fox and Friends."
