Federal-Procurement

FAA Reviews Verizon Contract Amid Starlink Competition

| Importance: 8/10

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 …

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