Revamping of Air Traffic Control System - Karoline Leavitt Press Secretary, White House - video Dailymotion

Revamping of Air Traffic Control System - Karoline Leavitt Press Secretary, White House

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00:00Yes I'm glad you asked about the FAA. There was a glitch in the system this

00:04morning especially at Newark Airport as you all know. I spoke to the Department

00:08of Transportation. That glitch was caused by the same telecoms and software

00:12issues that were raised last week. Everyone everything went back online

00:15after the brief outage and there was no operational impact. DOT and the FAA are

00:21working to address this technical issue tonight to prevent further

00:25outages as well as install new fiber from Newark Airport to Philadelphia and the

00:30goal is to have the totality of this work done by the end of the summer. I want to

00:34add that this outage at Newark Airport speaks to why the Secretary of

00:38Transportation yesterday made a massive announcement in investing in our

00:44aviation safety and our telecom system. There's a four-part infrastructure plan

00:50that was released by the Secretary of Transportation yesterday to improve

00:53communication, surveillance, automation, and their facilities. They want to replace

00:58the antiquated telecom systems with new fiber, wireless, and satellite

01:01technologies. Replace more than 600 radars which have gone way past their

01:06lifecycle and address one runway safety. They want to build six new air traffic

01:10control centers for the first time since the 1960s and replace towers as well.

01:15They want to implement new modern hardware and software for all traffic

01:18facilities to create a common platform system throughout the towers. These are

01:22much-needed changes. This is a very bold plan by the Department of Transportation.

01:27I think it's unfortunate that the previous administration sat in their hands and did

01:30nothing but how grateful we are that we have a Department of Transportation and a

01:34Secretary and a President who's willing to take bold action and change.