US proposes building new air traffic control towers, radar systems
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FILE PHOTO: An American Airlines Embraer ERJ-190AR airplane flies past the tower where air traffic controllers work at Reagan National Airport in Washington, U.S., January 12, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on Thursday called on Congress to provide billions of dollars to replace the Federal Aviation Administration's crumbling telecommunications equipment and radar systems, build new towers and improve runway safety.
Duffy's plan calls for replacing copper wire with new fiber, wireless and satellite technologies, replacing 618 radars, increasing the number of airports with surface awareness technology and building six new air traffic control centers.
(Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Mark Porter)
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