Elon Musk, FAA and Air Traffic Control
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Elon Musk says upgrade FAA’s air traffic control system is failing and SpaceX needs take over Verizon’s contract
FAA Reportedly Considering Musk-Owned Company For $2 Billion Air Traffic Control Modernization Contract
Elon Musk says he's sending Starlink tech to FAA while saying, without evidence, that air safety is ‘at risk'
Turning the $2.4 billion project over to Musk’s company would be a major test of conflict-of-interest rules in government contracting.
WASHINGTON >> Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk today falsely accused Verizon, a rival contractor of his SpaceX Starlink system, of putting U.S. air safety at risk through a communications system that is actually operated by L3Harris.
Starlink, Verizon and Elon Musk
SpaceX is slated to launch its Starship for the eighth time from Boca Chica, Texas, Friday, though plans could be thwarted if the FAA fails to give the green light.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk on Thursday said a U.S. Federal Aviation Administration communications system operated by Verizon is months away from failure and putting air safety at risk.
Equipment from Musk's Starlink has been installed in FAA facilities as a prelude to a takeover of a $2 billion communications contract held by Verizon.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract awarded to Verizon to overhaul a communications system, and awarding the work to Elon Musk's Starlink, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
The FAA said it is testing a Starlink terminal at its Atlantic City facility and two at "non-safety critical sites" in Alaska.
Starship, the world's largest rocket, could fly again as soon as Friday on its second launch of the year if the FAA gives approval.
Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his SpaceX satellite and rocket company,
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