Duffy says new air traffic control software deploys in late September

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the federal government will begin deploying new air traffic control software at the end of September, describing the effort as the culmination of a decades-long push to modernize the system. "This has been three decades in the making," Duffy said, according to remarks circulated Monday. "We are going to start to deploy new software at the end of September." Duffy said the technology would be central to improving how the nation's airspace is managed, calling it "the magic that's going to help us improve the efficiency of air space." No further detail was provided on which facilities would receive the software first, the scope of the rollout, or its projected cost. The Department of Transportation has not published a timeline beyond the September start date referenced in Duffy's comments. BreakFirst has not independently verified the deployment schedule.