The “standard” air traffic control system brand new by the Trump administration in the “next few days” told Fox & Friends on Wednesday.
According to Duffy, President Donald Trump will get his “first sneak peak” before the system is presented to Congress as part of his fundraising request.
“We'll make an announcement in the next few days. We have a brand new system. Again, the system is 25, 30 years old. We'll use copper wire, floppy disks. “It's safe, but we're looking at the cracks of age. So we're going to build a brand new, latest, latest system.”
“We go from copper wire to the textile line. Our radar is some of the latest models dating back to 1982. We have brand new radars for air traffic controllers, sensors on the runway,” continues Duffy. “So they don't have to stand in the tower and look out with binoculars. And often the view of the controller is blocked. On their screen, you can see where the plane is on the tarmac.
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Transport Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox News Wednesday that a new “state-of-the-art” air traffic control system will be announced by the Trump administration in the “next few days.” (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)
Duffy said “speed” is the key to upgrading the country's air traffic control system.
“I'm not unaware that there are issues with air traffic control, but it takes too long. And technology changes, money changes, government changes. And we have to make this really fast.
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Following a fatal air collision in late January, the air controller is working at the control tower at Ronald Reagan International Airport. (Robert Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
“We have some SpaceX engineers who are helping us and others, and we are helping to deploy. We have this amazing system as well,” he said. “And we're going to deploy the plan. Once again, I'm talking to the President this week. I'll give him my first sneak peak, then I'll roll it out to Congress and hopefully get some money right away.”
Duffy said Trump will get his “first sneak peak” of his new air traffic control system. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Duffy previously said that upgrading the system could take up to four years to complete.
