2026-09-17T17:45:31.743Z / 路透社
作者：大卫·谢泼德森
2026年9月17日 美国东部时间下午5:45 更新于1小时前
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华盛顿9月17日路透电 — 美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）负责人表示，该机构预计美国政府价值逾125亿美元的空中交通管制现代化计划将因关税产生约1亿美元成本。
美国众议院交通与基础设施委员会 ranking member（注：众议院少数党最高级别成员，国内通常译为“资深成员”）、华盛顿州民主党众议员里克·拉尔森告诉路透社，联邦航空局局长布莱恩·贝德福德向议员们透露，这1亿美元关税成本主要源于采购空中交通雷达系统产生的支出。拉尔森批评关税推高了政府开支。
“我已要求他们提供具体金额和受影响的设备清单，”拉尔森说道，“我并不支持关税。我们正努力实现国家航空系统现代化，却会因为总统的政策而不得不支付关税。”
美国国会去年批准了125亿美元拨款，用于升级老化的空中交通管制系统并增加管制员招聘，此前数十年来一直有民众抱怨机场拥堵、航班延误，且近年来出现了一系列技术故障。联邦航空局还希望为第二阶段计划再争取至少100亿美元拨款。
本周发布的一份政府报告显示，电信升级成本已从47.5亿美元跃升至59.1亿美元。贝德福德表示，陈旧的电信铜线需在2027年9月前完成更换。
贝德福德还透露，两家雷达供应商——RTX旗下的柯林斯航空航天公司以及西班牙的因德拉集团（Indra Group），正分别将雷达生产转移至美国佛罗里达州拉戈和堪萨斯州的工厂。他未提及生产转移的原有地点。
今年1月，联邦航空局向RTX和因德拉集团授予了总额7.8亿美元的合同，用于更换多达612台地面雷达，其中大部分雷达的服役年限可追溯至20世纪80年代。贝德福德此前曾表示，许多雷达已超出设计使用寿命，维护成本日益高昂且保障难度不断加大。
今年3月，RTX宣布将斥资2650万美元扩建其位于拉戈的工厂，而因德拉集团则表示将投资750万美元，对其位于堪萨斯城郊区的雷达工厂进行升级，以生产下一代空中交通监视雷达。
根据另一份价值2.44亿美元的合同，因德拉集团还将在堪萨斯州的工厂为联邦航空局建造下一代数字无线电设备。
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FAA sees $100 million cost from tariffs on US air traffic control modernization plan
2026-09-17T17:45:31.743Z / Reuters
By David Shepardson
September 17, 2026 5:45 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago
A sign marks the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, in Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S., October 9, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/ File Photo
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (Reuters) – The head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said the agency expects about a $100 million cost from tariffs on the government’s more than $12.5 billion air traffic control modernization plan.
U.S. Representative Rick Larsen, a Washington Democrat who is ranking member of the committee overseeing the FAA, told Reuters that FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford informed lawmakers the $100 million tariff cost was largely due to air traffic radar systems they are purchasing. Larsen criticized the tariffs for increasing the government’s costs.
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“I’ve asked them for specific amounts and what equipment is being impacted,” Larsen said. “I’m not a fan of tariffs. We’re trying to get the national aerospace system modernized and we’re going to pay tariffs because of the president’s policies.”
Congress approved $12.5 billion in funding last year to address the aging air traffic control system and boost controller hiring following decades of complaints about airport congestion and flight delays, as well as a series of technology issues in recent years. The FAA wants at least another $10 billion for phase two.
The cost of telecommunications upgrades has jumped from $4.75 billion to $5.91 billion, a government report said this week. Bedford said outdated telecom copper wires should be replaced by September 2027.
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Bedford also said two radar suppliers, RTX’s Collins Aerospace and Spain-based Indra Group, were moving radar production to U.S. facilities in Largo, Florida, and Kansas, respectively. He did not say where the production was moving from.
In January, the FAA awarded $780 million in contracts to RTX and Indra to replace up to 612 ground-based radars, most of which date back to the 1980s. Bedford said earlier that many radars exceeded their intended service life and are increasingly expensive to maintain and difficult to support.
In March, RTX said it was investing $26.5 million in its Largo facility to expand production, while Indra said it was investing $7.5 million in its radar facility in a Kansas City suburb to build next-generation air traffic surveillance radars.
Indra is also building next-generation digital radios for the FAA at the Kansas site under a separate $244 million contract.
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Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese and Rod Nickel
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