FAA Reviews Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Competition

| Importance: 8/10 | Status: confirmed

The Department of Transportation placed the $24 billion Verizon FAA contract under review, with Elon Musk positioning Starlink as a potential alternative vendor. This review comes amid claims about the existing communication system’s reliability and potential performance issues in air traffic control infrastructure.

Key Actors

Elon Musk Donald Trump Verizon Communications SpaceX Trump Administration

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government-contracts infrastructure telecommunications federal-procurement

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