Jan. 11, 2023 -- An American Airlines Airbus A321 airplane takes off past the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via ...

The need for network improvements came into sharp focus on April 28, when a temporary data delay caused blank radar screens for 90 seconds at the Newark airport, and silenced radios for 30 seconds.

The FAA has begun overhauling the nation's air traffic control system by increasing enrollment in controller training programs and offering bonuses to delay retirements. Transportation Secretary Sean ...

The government picked a company with little experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration called Peraton to oversee the roughly $31.5 billion overhaul of the outdated air traffic control ...

The government shutdown and recent accidents have shown the Air Traffic Control system’s vulnerability. It should be turned into an independent, nonprofit organization removed from politics. The ...

The flight reductions imposed during the government shutdown are now over; the Federal Aviation Administration lifted them early Monday morning. Forty major U.S. airports and more than 5 million ...

Blacked-out air traffic control screens and communication issues in places like Newark, Denver and Jacksonville over the past several months have put a renewed focus on the U.S.' aging air traffic ...

The Newark airport's air traffic control dilemma lit up when radar screens went dark in early May. Air traffic controllers lost radio contact with pilots. Some were reportedly so unnerved they later ...

At the end of April, air traffic control radar surveillance and radio communication systems at Newark Liberty International Airport went dark for over a minute. A week and half later, radar went down ...