Overview

• The solicitation seeks one contractor to manage a two-phase program starting with a technology refresh and progressing to a common automation platform and new facilities.
• Phase two planning contemplates up to six new Air Route Traffic Control Centers built to a single design and integrated with a unified platform.
• Congress approved a $12.5 billion down payment, while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy estimates roughly $31.5 billion is needed, leaving about a $19 billion gap.
• The integrator would modernize more than 74,000 pieces of equipment and multiple legacy systems while sustaining operations and providing a real-time Digital Command Center for oversight.
• Recent audits and outages, including the 2023 NOTAM crash and a May 2025 Newark blackout traced to a wiring fault, underscore the urgency backing the fast-track plan.