Big changes are on the horizon for Washington Dulles International Airport.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy spoke about bringing the nation’s aviation system into the digital age during the Trump administration’s Cabinet meeting Tuesday.
Fox Business reported there will be long-delayed upgrades at the Federal Aviation Administration
Duffy said the agency will move the FAA from copper to fiber infrastructure as well as buying new radios and radars.
“Many of you have heard that we have an infrastructure made of copper. We have to transition to fiber. The last administration said it was going to take more than 10 years to complete the transition from copper to fiber. They had no plan to actually do it,” Duffy said.
Duffy said the administration is committed to the changeover even it it takes a while to do it.
“The rest of the world transitioned 20 years ago from analog to digital. We are just going to do that at the FAA, right now. But we’re buying new radios. We’re going to buy new radar. By the way, those radar [are] going to be made in America,” he said.
Washington Dulles International Airport is also on Duffy’s and President Donald Trump’s radar.
They said the airport, located in Virginia, was designed poorly.
“We’re going to turn that around, and we’re going to make Dulles Airport… into something really spectacular,” Trump said.
Dulles handles the majority of international flights in the region and is important for diplomats, government officials, international organizations and global business travelers.
It’s also a hub for United Airlines.
