U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy called for the construction of six new air traffic control centers and the replacement of more than 600 radars in a broad proposal to overhaul the country’s aging system that manages some 45,000 flights each day.
More than a dozen airport towers would be revamped and the agency’s telecommunications network would be replaced with new fiber, wireless and satellite systems over the next three years under the plan, the department said in a statement. Duffy did not propose a specific amount of funding needed for the initiative, but he has