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Trump: One Big Beautiful Bill Will Modernize Air Traffic Control

June 27, 2025 · The White House · 0:01:04

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What happened

President Trump said that after many years of decline in the air traffic control system, the One Big Beautiful Bill will modernize what he called a decrepit relic and give America the best, most advanced air traffic control system on Earth — the best by far.

He said the bill contains a historic program to update antiquated communications and radar systems, deteriorating hardware, and ancient software with the latest twenty-first-century tools and equipment. It will, he said, improve runway safety and build new air traffic control centers for the first time in more than fifty years, keeping America flying safely and efficiently for decades to come.

The President said many decades would go by before the new system becomes obsolete, and urged passage of the bill into law, saying the administration is going to take care of air traffic control.

Why it matters

The clip isolates the aviation-modernization plank of the President’s signature bill, framing decades-old ATC infrastructure as a safety problem the legislation is designed to end.

Scoreboard watch

Trump said the bill funds new air traffic control centers for the first time in over 50 years; FAA facility construction under the enacted law is checkable against subsequent Transportation Department announcements.

Sources: The White House, “President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Modernizes Air Traffic Control”, 2025-06-27 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-06-27). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.