Reuters
David Shepardson
17 September 2026
The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said the agency expects about a $100 million cost from tariffs on the government's more than $12.5 billion air traffic control modernization plan.
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen, a Washington Democrat who is ranking member of the committee overseeing the FAA, told Reuters that FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford informed lawmakers the $100 million tariff cost was largely due to air traffic radar systems they are purchasing. Larsen criticized the tariffs for increasing the government's costs...
