Reston, Virginia-based Peraton was awarded a contract valued at $1.5 billion as prime integrator of the Brand New Air Traffic Control System. Credit: Bill Carey With the clock ticking and the U.S. at ...

Few federal agencies have undertaken as many star-crossed technology upgrades as the Federal Aviation Administration. Its latest overhaul — forthrightly called the “brand new air traffic control ...

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The United States Government took a major step forward Monday in its overhaul of the country’s aging air traffic control system by awarding two companies new contracts to supply new radar systems.

The Federal Aviation Administration has contracted with RTX and Indra to update the country’s antiquated air traffic control system. The two contractors will replace the national network of radar ...

Federal Aviation Administration officials are warning lawmakers that the $12.5 billion Congress approved last year to begin modernizing the nation’s air traffic control system will not be enough to ...

President Donald Trump and former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg have sparred over the condition of the air traffic control system, which is complex and carries a history of planned ...

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U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy and Federal Aviation Administrator Bryan Bedford have announced that Peraton will be the Prime Integrator to lead the most important aviation ...

The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to oversee the roughly $31.5 billion overhaul of the outdated air traffic control ...