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“We use radar from the 1970s,” said Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who compared the proposal with upgrading from a flip phone to a smartphone. “This technology is 50 years old that our controllers use to scan the skies and keep airplanes separated from one another.”
May 8, 2025, 10:14 PM
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