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- Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will ask Congress for $30 billion to modernize air traffic control.
- The request allocates $10 billion each for tower replacements, telecom upgrades, and predictive-analytics software.
- A telecom failure on Monday halted east-coast traffic for hours, prompting urgency.
- FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said copper wires must be replaced by September 2027.
- A report warned that telecom upgrade costs rose to $5.91 billion and urged Congress to fund phase one.