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DOT Meets with Stakeholders To Map Out Modernization
FAA has issued a request for information on potential modernization integrator
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U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and FAA officials met with industry stakeholders this week as they shape their plans for moving expeditiously forward with a modernized air traffic control system. The FAA has issued a request for information on a potential integrator to play a central role in that modernization effort, with a contract award anticipated by the end of September.

Modernization of the system and a ramped-up air traffic control hiring process have become urgent priorities at both the FAA and DOT, and lawmakers in both the House and Senate have proposed an additional $12.5 billion to be set aside for those efforts. While the funding has been included in each chamber’s Republican-led budget reconciliation bill, it has universal support from both sides of the aisle on Capitol Hill.

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