In accordance with Katya stoneemployees with the Federal Aviation Administration on Friday to “start the search for tens of millions of dollars for a deal with Starlink” after The Washington Post reported that FAA can cancel a contract for $ 2.4 billion with Verizon To reconsider the US airspace control systems and instead go with Elon Musk. Regardless of whether the FAA actually concluded Verizon in favor of Starlink has yet to be confirmed publicly.
Anonymous sources reported Katya stone The fact that the orders of FAA officials on Friday were “delivered orally” to the staff, in an “unusual” step. This happens a few days after the musk Stated In the X, the situation associated with the communications of air traffic control is “extremely terrible”, saying that the existing system (which he mistakenly attributed Verizon before adding correction) “Breaks very quickly.” He further said that “Starlink terminals are not sent to the taxpayer for free of emergency to restore the connection of air traffic control.”
BloombergReferring to sources close to this issue, it was previously reported that the 4000 Starlink terminals were sent to help updating the FAA networks confirmed by the FAA. In a statement published on X In response last week, FAA claimed that “considering the possibility of using Starlink since the previous administration.” However, on Wednesday, FAA stated in statements The Washington Post And other publications that did not make decisions on their Verizon deal.
The agency is one of many who have been struck by dismissals led by Doge Musk over the past few weeks, with Hundreds of FAA employees Dismissed in February.