Airlines for America (A4A), a trade association of leading U.S. airlines, commended President Donald Trump for signing into law the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that contains a $12.5 billion provision to modernize the country’s air traffic control (ATC) systems, the group said in a July 4 statement.
The bill, signed by Trump on Independence Day, sets aside roughly $12.5 billion for “acquisition, construction, sustainment, and improvement of facilities and equipment necessary to improve or maintain aviation safety.”
The amount will be appropriated to the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration and remain available until Sept. 30, 2029.
The biggest share of these funds, $4.75 billion, goes to modernizing telecommunications infrastructure and upgrading relevant systems; $3 billion for radar systems replacement; $1.9 billion for constructing a new air route traffic control center; and $1 billion for terminal radar approach control facilities….