The government shutdown and recent accidents have shown the Air Traffic Control system’s vulnerability. It should be turned into an independent, nonprofit organization removed from politics. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Air traffic control is probably something you don't spend much time thinking about—but when you board an airplane, you really want ...

Earlier this year, chronic flight delays and cancellations at Newark Liberty International Airport revealed a litany of problems with antiquated air traffic control systems. Today, those problems ...

Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has read off Donald Trump for the latter’s fact-challenged criticism of the air traffic control system — and Buttigieg’s record. In a Monday morning ...

Roughly 750,000 federal employees were furloughed when the government closed its doors. Not included in that number are the air traffic controllers who will continue to work, without pay, as long as ...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) have awarded the Brand New Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS) contract to Peraton. Through the BNATCS initiative, ...

The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system ...

Congress on Thursday passed President Donald Trump's mega bill, sending it to the Oval Office for his signature. The legislation included more than $12.5 billion to improve the country's challenged ...

Dec. 5 (UPI) --The Department of Transportation announced it selected an integrator to manage upgrades to the U.S. air traffic control system, which in recent years has seen failures and outages that ...

Taking to the social media platform X on Tuesday, Duffy shared updates on the DOT's work to revamp the technology, sharing that work had begun to replace the copper wires used for the system with ...

Air traffic control is probably something you don't spend much time thinking about—but when you board an airplane, you really want it to work. Unfortunately, the American air traffic control system is ...

Roughly 750,000 federal employees were furloughed when the government closed its doors. Not included in that number are the air traffic controllers who will continue to work, without pay, as long as ...