Simple Flying
Luke Bodell
17 Dec 2025
The Federal Aviation Administration has committed to spending $6 billion on air traffic control telecom and radar infrastructure by the end of the year as part of a drive to modernize the country's ATC network. Earlier this month, the US announced that tech company Peraton would be the project leader of its new ATC system in a multi-billion-dollar contract.
Given the dire situation the country's ATC system is in, the US Department of Transportation and the FAA are working diligently to expedite its modernization. As reported by Reuters, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford told a US House aviation subcommittee hearing this week that the radar and telecom modernization timeline is being shortened to just three years instead of 15. With the goal of implementing a new system by the end of 2028, the US will be rapidly replacing core infrastructure.
