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 ...

In 2017, during his first term in office, President Trump announced his intention to privatize the U.S. air traffic control system, calling it "stuck, painfully, in the past." The proposal never took ...

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 ...

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 FAA is a mess. Annexing our neighbors to the north, as Trump favors, looks like a longshot. But we could adopt its privatized air traffic control system. Last month, to rally support for a massive ...

The FAA has begun overhauling the nation's air traffic control system by increasing enrollment in controller training programs and offering bonuses to delay retirements. Transportation Secretary Sean ...

The Transportation Department is pushing hard for the new system to go online in 2028, with a price tag for modernization that could reach $31.5 billion. Peraton has won the massive contract to lead a ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said on Thursday it wants to adopt a new comprehensive system to overhaul how air traffic controllers receive flight data and move ...

Thanks to President Donald Trump, America is building again. And we’re building big, beautiful infrastructure beyond our roads and bridges for the planes of the 21st century. That starts with the One, ...

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 ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. Peraton has won the massive contract to lead a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the U.S.’ aging air traffic control system, a priority ...