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 ...

While serving in Congress, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy voted against a 2019 bill introduced during the nation’s longest government shutdown as an attempt to reopen transportation and housing ...

At the end of April, air traffic control radar surveillance and radio communication systems at Newark Liberty International Airport went dark for over a minute. A week and half later, radar went down ...

Almost everyone agrees that the US air traffic control system is broken. Longstanding staffing shortages. Antiquated technology. And now, air traffic controllers are caught in the middle of a ...

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 ...

The need for network improvements came into sharp focus on April 28, when a temporary data delay caused blank radar screens for 90 seconds at the Newark airport, and silenced radios for 30 seconds.

WASHINGTON (7News) — On Monday, the head of the D.C.-based union for air traffic controllers said even if the federal government reopens soon, the country’s air traffic control system will take time ...

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 ...

Federal regulators are now limiting the number of flights in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport. This comes after a harrowing month for the air traffic controllers who work the airspace ...

The Newark airport's air traffic control dilemma lit up when radar screens went dark in early May. Air traffic controllers lost radio contact with pilots. Some were reportedly so unnerved they later ...

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 ...