FAA Outage: Congressional report notes lawmakers knew messaging system had problems 'for years'
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For years, the FAA and members of Congress have been trying to fix and update the Notice to Air Missions system that malfunctioned last week, leading to nationwide delays.
"In its FY2023 budget estimate, FAA itself described the NOTAM repository as ‘failing vintage hardware’ and requested almost $30 million to accelerate the modernization of the Aeronautical Information Management Program that encompasses the NOTAM system," the report says, adding that "the system also has been criticized for being arcane and difficult to use and interpret." Ronn Blitzer is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics and breaking news.
The report also describes how members of Congress were already aware of – and trying to do something about – NOTAM's problems years before this.