Verizon was awarded the contract in 2023 and tasked with upgrading the system that different air traffic control facilities use to communicate.
Elon Musk could soon acquire another government contract worth $2.4 billion as the Federal Aviation Administration considers ditching Verizon for the billionaire’s Starlink, according to a report.
“Who’s looking out for the public interest here when you get the person who’s cutting budgets and personnel from the FAA, suddenly trying to benefit from still another government contract?” John P. Pelissero, director of an ethics center at Santa Clara University, told the Post.
The FAA could hand the contract to overhaul an integral U.S. air traffic control communications system to the mogul’s satellite company.
The FAA confirmed it is testing Starlink at its facility in Atlantic City this week and at sites in Alaska but said it has been considering using Musk’s company “since the prior administration to increase reliability at remote sites.”.
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