Personnel from Elon Musk's government downsizing team DOGE will visit the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control command center in Warrenton, Virginia, on Monday, as the Trump administration says it wants to reform the system.
Sean Duffy, secretary of the Department of Transportation, which oversees the FAA, announced in a post on X that SpaceX engineers would be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Virginia to take what he positioned as a tour.
Employees from Elon Musk's SpaceX team will be visiting the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia on the heels of a deadly collision between a passenger jet and military helicopter in Washington,
President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government -- and is being met with dozens of legal challenges. The Department of Government Efficiency is taking aim at agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration,
The Trump administration and Elon Musk are also facing criticism over the firing of hundreds of workers at the FAA, the Federal Aviation Administration. On Monday, a team from Musk’s private SpaceX company visited the FAA’s Air Traffic Control Command Center in Virginia.
Lawmakers from the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia are raising questions about the Federal Aviation Administration's plans to protect the flying public following last month’s
Personnel from Elon Musk's government downsizing team called DOGE will visit the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control command center in Virginia on Monday, as the Trump administration looks to reform the system.
Listen to this article In the wake of the fatal Washington, D.C., collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and an airplane, U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, along with other Democratic lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia,
The meeting comes after a series of aviation accidents, including one of the deadliest plane crashes in over a decade.
Along with all its air traffic controllers at airports, the FAA also regulates drones and rocket launches and looks for missile threats.
A string of crashes has left flyers on edge, and attention has been turned on those responsible for aviation safety in the U.S.
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said Elon Musk's SpaceX engineers would make recommendations to the FAA on how to upgrade air traffic control systems.