The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is testing the use of SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet terminals in the airspace system despite a deal it struck with Verizon in 2023. The FAA awarded Verizon a $2 billion deal to improve the national airspace system,

Elon Musk on Thursday said a U.S, Federal Aviation Administration communication system operated by Verizon is months away from failure and putting air safety at risks. Musk, the world's richest person and a senior adviser to President Donald Trump who is working on restructuring the federal government,

Starlink satellite terminals and other equipment have already been installed in FAA facilities as a prelude to its potential takeover of the $2 billion contract — won by Verizon in 2023 — government employees and contractors told the news service.

The agency is said to favor awarding the contract work to Starlink, owned by Elon Musk's SpaceX ( SPACE ). This has fueled concerns of conflicts of interest in government projects, as Musk heads DOGE - the department that President Donald Trump has tasked with reducing federal spending.

Elon Musks SpaceX is working to integrate its Starlink satellite technology into the U.S. Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) national airspace network, according to Bloomberg. The FAA has already begun testing

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.

Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his SpaceX satellite and rocket company,

After Trump and Musk gutted the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal.

Democratic Senator Ed Markey on Monday urged lawmakers to call SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and the acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration to testify about air traffic control IT systems. Musk, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump and the owner of satellite company Starlink,

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.