The Federal \u200bAviation Administration said on Tuesday its contract with national security firm Peraton, the project manager of a $12.5-billion effort to overhaul \u200bthe aging U.S. air traffic control system, was worth $1.5 billion. In a briefing \u200bto House of Representative lawmakers, \u2060FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said U.S. President Donald Trump in December negotiated a $200 million discount off the \u200binitial proposed contract price for \u200cPeraton, which is owned by Veritas Capital. “The FAA was always going to need an implementation and integration partner,” Bedford said. The FAA made public \u200bon Tuesday a presentation it gave to Congress that included the $1.5 billion figure and details of the innovative contract that includes a “No Excuses” requirement and fees are earned or lost \u200cbased on \u200cachieving schedule, quality, cost control \u200band management metrics. Bedford said one key issue in overhauling air traffic control is to take the various computer systems at 318 FA
A facilities and put them into a modern cloud-based system. “We’ve got to get out of \u200bthese tiny facility computers and into infinite compute power in the cloud,” Bedford said. “That is going to be what unlocks true airspace redesign opportunities.” Bedford said $1.6 billion has been obligated through December 31 \u200band 40% of telecommunications connections have been upgraded as it moves from copper wire to fiber and wireless connections and 612 radar systems will be installed by June 2028 at a cost of $1.1 billion. A $420 million contract to RTX includes another $270 million performance-based payment. Bedford will brief \u200cSenators on Wednesday. Congress approved the air traffic control overhaul in June to boost controller hiring, following decades of complaints over airport congestion, technology failures and flight delays. Transportation Secretary \u2060Sean Duffy has asked \u200bfor another $19-$20 billion to complete the overhaul and build a new system. The FAA is abou<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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