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2023年1月11日，美国佐治亚州亚特兰大哈茨菲尔德-杰克逊亚特兰大国际机场的联邦航空管理局（FAA）南部区域办公楼外景。路透社/艾莉莎·庞特 购买授权，打开新标签页
华盛顿7月15日电（路透社）——美国航空业周三敦促国会拨款200亿美元，以完成美国老化空中交通管制系统的大规模现代化改造，减少系统性航班延误。
由航空公司、飞机制造商、机场、工会等组成的航空联盟表示，需要这200亿美元来更换或升级数百座老化的空中交通管制设施，为管制员部署最先进的技术，并开发先进的空域交通管理工具，以提升安全性并减少延误。
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去年，国会为该项目拨款125亿美元，用于更换过时技术并充实人员不足的空中交通管制塔台。此次提议的新增支出大部分将用于开发新软件，以大幅提升航空旅行效率。
“我国的航空系统是关键的国家资产，但正承受越来越大的压力，”由波音、空客、美国航空业协会、美国旅游协会、美国飞行员协会等数十家机构联合签署的信函中写道。
美国运输部长肖恩·达菲今年4月对路透社表示，他正为下一阶段项目争取100亿美元拨款，此前美国交通部最初曾向国会申请约190亿美元。达菲表示，他希望后续能争取到剩余资金。
共和党参议员杰里·莫兰周三表示，国会可在今年晚些时候的一项拨款法案中为该项目提供更多资金。
联邦航空管理局的空中交通电信系统近期遭遇了一系列故障，包括去年导致纽瓦克机场交通大面积中断的严重停运。最初的125亿美元拨款是在数十年针对机场拥堵和航班延误的投诉之后获批的，这些问题在很大程度上源于技术陈旧和管制塔台人员不足。
2023年的一份报告显示，联邦航空管理局的通信系统已经过时多年，许多系统无法再获取备件。另一份报告指出，联邦航空管理局的138套空中交通管制电信系统中，有51套已无法维持运行。
联邦航空管理局表示，到2028年底，各机场将新增5000个光纤、卫星和无线高速网络连接、2.7万台新无线电设备以及612台最先进的雷达。
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US aviation industry urges Congress to provide $20 billion for air traffic control upgrades
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WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. aviation sector urged Congress on Wednesday to provide $20 billion to complete a massive effort to modernize America’s aging air traffic control system and reduce systemic flight disruptions.
An aviation coalition including airlines, airplane manufacturers, airports, unions and others said the $20 billion is needed to replace or upgrade hundreds of aging air traffic control facilities, deploy state-of-the-art technologies for controllers and to develop advanced airspace traffic management tools to improve safety and reduce delays.
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Last year, Congress awarded $12.5 billion for the project to replace outdated technology and boost understaffed air traffic control towers. Much of the new proposed spending is to develop new software that could help make air travel much more efficient.
“Our nation’s aviation system is a key national asset, but it is under increasing strain,” said the letter signed by Boeing, Airbus, Airlines for America, the U.S. Travel Association, Air Pilots Association and dozens of others.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Reuters in April he was seeking $10 billion for the next phase, after the U.S. Department of Transportation initially sought about $19 billion from Congress. Duffy said he hoped to get the rest later.
Republican Senator Jerry Moran said on Wednesday Congress could give more money for the project in a funding bill later this year.
The FAA’s air traffic telecom system has been hit by a series of failures, including serious outages covering Newark airport traffic last year. The initial $12.5 billion followed decades of complaints over airport congestion and flight delays due in large part to creaky technology and understaffed towers.
A 2023 report said the FAA’s communications system has been outdated for years and it can no longer get spare parts for many systems. Of the FAA’s 138 air traffic control telecoms systems, 51 were unsustainable, a separate report said.
The FAA said by the end of 2028, airports will have 5,000 new high-speed network connections on fiber, satellite and wireless, 27,000 new radios and 612 state-of-the-art radars.
Reporting by David Shepardson; Editing by Chris Reese and Nia Williams
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