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Sean Duffy: “We are going to in essence gut the air traffic control…”

Featuring: Sean Duffy, Republican | Secretary of Transportation | National

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Sean Duffy and FAA Deputy Administrator Discuss Newark Airport Upgrades and Air Traffic Control Challenges

Published | Video Starts at 24:23

So it's going to be the, the 12.5 billion that we have in the House bill. It's going to be more than that. And you just think about this. We are going to in essence gut the air traffic control system and build it brand new everything and we're going to lay all new telecom, new radar, new radios, new front facing and the back end of the system all will be brand new. So that's that. And it's all across the country. So it's a, it's a substantial piece of work and will take a substantial amount of money. (24:23–24:46)

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Asserts the plan to completely overhaul and rebuild the air traffic control system with new technology.

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