Starlink’s Offer To Upgrade FAA Communications Has Critics Howling Over Government Bidding Process
Despite years of planning to build back better, initiatives to improve public infrastructure still await the light of day.
The FAA is considering dropping a $2.4 billion deal with Verizon in exchange for the free use of billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite services, a deal that has critics howling even as federal contracting delays hamper modernization of the FAA’s weather and navigation systems.
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