The nation's aging air traffic control system will be replaced with one that is aimed at 21st-century needs while improving safety, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Thursday.

The flying public's safety is in jeopardy until there's a fix to the system used at some 500 airport control towers, the GAO said. (PDF) "Until FAA effectively implements security controls ...

It set aside $500 million for the design and early construction of the projects, which were scheduled to break ground last year. “These new air traffic control towers will mean that smaller ...

The Trump administration has announced a plan to replace the country’s aging air traffic control system with an all-new technology—but needs Congress to allot tens of billions of dollars.

Air traffic controller shortages have been a problem in the United States for years, if not decades, and Duffy said the system is short about 3,000 certified controllers.

Trump promises ‘great computerized’ system that could avert midair collisions. The president suggested that his administration would usher in a new computer system for air traffic control to ...

Updated at 1:36 p.m. ET on May 20, 2025. The ongoing crisis at Newark Liberty International Airport has laid bare the sorry state of our nation’s air-traffic-control system.

A 2023 FAA Inspector General report showed 20 of 26 critical air traffic control facilities are staffed below the agency’s 85% threshold, with New York’s Terminal Radar Approach Control at 54%.