Leeham News
• Scott Hamilton
Decades of unfinished FAA ATC modernization meet a Trump administration three‑year overhaul as radar contracts move forward
Decades of stalled FAA air‑traffic modernization — deemed unfinished since the agency's 1957 founding — are confronting an accelerated three‑year overhaul under the Trump administration. Recent radar contract awards advance the compressed timetable, even as critics point to long‑running structural and delivery failures that persist.
