Duffy urges Senate to pass Big Beautiful Bill's $12.5B air traffic system fix
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy calls for Senate action on the Big Beautiful bill to upgrade the outdated U.S. air traffic system, highlighting Newark's issues.
"We have an antiquated and old air traffic control system, anywhere from 25 to 35, 40 years old in some places," Duffy said. "It is in desperate need, of a brand-new build. We need Congress to act." Michael Dorgan is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business.
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Duffy said the agency aims to build a brand-new air traffic control system and touted it was able to work with Verizon on completing a new fiber optic line between Philadelphia and New York in just 30 days, a troubled portion of the line impacting Newark. Fiber optic lines are used to transmit radar, radio and other air traffic data between facilities and they replaced older copper lines, which are slower and more vulnerable to disruption.
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