FAA staff reportedly ordered to find funding for deal with Musk’s Starlink
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FAA officials have been ordered to find funding for a potential deal with Starlink, the SpaceX subsidiary, to upgrade communications for the US air traffic control system.
Starlink looks set to take on a $2.4bn contract currently held by Verizon, despite Musk’s role as head of Dogecoin.
Representatives Rosa DeLauro and James Clyburn described the situation as a conflict of interest and called for transparency, given that talks have been verbal only.
Musk had criticised the Verizon system last week, but later corrected himself to claim that the system has not yet become operational.
He also said that Starlink is providing free terminals to improve connectivity for air traffic control.