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The Federal Aviation Administration has short-listed five companies to build a software layer known as the Common Automation Platform (CAP) that will be used to power a more modern national air traffic control system.
U.S.-based Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX Corp., and Leidos as well as France’s Thales, Spain’s Indra and Austria’s Frequentis have been chosen to present their visions of a CAP to the FAA during technical interchange meetings currently being held at agency headquarters, several people familiar with the project told The Air Current.
The advancement of the CAP concept comes as the FAA and the Department of Transportation mull their next Congressional funding request to continue advancing the administration’s “Brand New” Air Traffic Control System (BNATCS). Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on April 1 he will seek another $7-10 billion from Congress on top of last year’s $12.5 billion allocation to fund “software upgrades” to the NAS, which a DOT spokesperson confirmed to TAC was a reference to the CAP.
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