FAA To Spend $6 Billion To Overhaul ATC Telecom Infrastructure & Radar Surveillance Systems

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has committed to spending $6 billion on air traffic control (ATC) telecom and radar infrastructure by the end of the year as part of a drive to modernize the country’s ATC network. Earlier this month, the US announced that tech company Peraton would be the project leader of its new ATC system in a multi-billion-dollar contract.