SpaceX’s Starlink could have some advantages over Verizon in bid for FAA contract takeover, experts say. It could also trigger a slew of conflict-of-interest lawsuits from ...
The FAA is reportedly considering ending a $2.4 billion contract with Verizon to update its communication technology and instead award it to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk’s Starlink
Potential deal between Musk's Starlink and FAA raising ethical concerns
FAA reportedly ordered staff to find ‘tens of millions of dollars’ to fund a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink
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FAA targeting Verizon contract in favor of Musk’s Starlink, sources say
The existing contract was awarded to Verizon in 2023, with the aim of upgrading a platform that different air traffic control facilities and FAA offices use to communicate with one another.
Lawmakers question Musk influence over Verizon FAA contract
A growing number of U.S. lawmakers are raising questions about the potential for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to interfere or take over a $2.4 billion Federal Aviation Administration telecommunications contract with rival Verizon.
"Corruption in plain sight": Musk appears set to take over $2 billion FAA contract from Verizon
The Federal Aviation Administration appears likely to drop Verizon and pick Starlink, a satellite company owned by Elon Musk, to take over a contract to modernize the country's air traffic communications system, the Associated Press reported.
Elon Musk falsely accuses Verizon of putting US air safety at 'serious risk'
WASHINGTON - Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk on Thursday falsely accused Verizon, a rival contractor of his SpaceX Starlink system, of putting U.S. air safety at risk through a communications system that is actually operated by L3Harris.
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Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids objects to Musk’s call for cancellation of $2.4 billion FAA contract
Kansas Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, left, said the suggestion from billionaire Elon Musk, a budget adviser to President Donald Trump, to cancel Verizon’s $2.4 billion, 15-year contract with FAA and hand that work to his own company Starlink created a conflict of interest. (Tim Carpenter/Kansas Reflector)