US air traffic control faces 3,000 controller shortages, aging wires, and a 2025 midair collision - here's how thin the safety margin has become.

A new vision for domestic air traffic control that envisages upgraded workstations has raised cybersecurity concerns. Credit: RTX U.S. lawmakers have raised cybersecurity concerns over business ...

U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday unveiled plans for a new air traffic control system that it projects to be operational within three years. DOT did not share the ...

The agency’s contract with Air Space Intelligence includes deployment of a system that it says will serve as “the new technological backbone” of a modernized Air Traffic Control System Command Center.

A world that brings the future fantasy of the 1960’s animated TV show “The Jetsons” to life where individuals are flying around instead of driving may be many decades away. But a first-of-its-kind ...

More than one-third of the air traffic control systems across the United States are considered to be in an “unsustainable" state and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) efforts to upgrade the ...

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After 100 days as Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy says he has the best job in the government because he can make things safer for Americans. It’s a job that didn’t come with ...

Air traffic control is back in the news. On Apr. 28 and again on May 9, communication system breakdowns affecting Newark Liberty International Airport limited the ability of air traffic controllers to ...