"Peraton has won the massive contract to lead a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the U.S.' aging air traffic control system, a priority for the Trump administration following widespread tech outages at several airports this year. As the prime integrator, Peraton will oversee a group of subcontractors that will replace core infrastructure to include telecommunication networks and radar systems. The Transportation Department said Thursday that it is still eyeing 2028 for implementation of the new system."
"The contract's second phase will be much more complicated as it will require the modernization, integration and transformation of the services, systems and platforms that enable operations across the entire National Airspace System. An FAA fact sheet on the project indicates the agency is pushing to have 44 airports outfitted with new replacement surface radars, 200 airports with surface awareness initiative surveillance technology, 89 airports with new terminal fight data manager tools and the first new consolidated air route traffic control center since the 1960s."
Peraton will serve as prime integrator for a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system, overseeing subcontractors to replace telecommunications, radar and related core infrastructure. The FAA received two bids, including a Parsons-IBM team. Phase one acquires new equipment and technology refreshes to create a backbone with strong emphasis on automation. Phase two will modernize, integrate and transform services, systems and platforms across the National Airspace System. The FAA aims to outfit dozens to hundreds of airports with new radars, surveillance and terminal data tools while Congress provided an initial $12.5 billion; current estimates reached $31.5 billion.
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