According to the Federal Aviation Administration, employees were ordered to find millions of dollars to finance the Starlink deal

according to Traded stoneOn Friday, employees who have the Federal Aviation Administration were informed “starting to find tens of millions of dollars for Starlink”, after that Washington Post I mentioned that FAA might cancel its $ 2.4 billion contract with Verizon to reform the United States airspace management and go with Elon Musk instead. Whether FAA has actually dropped a Verizon deal in favor of Starlink has not been publicly confirmed.

I told unknown sources Traded stone The orders of FAA officials on Friday were “orally delivered” to employees, in an “unusual” step. It comes a few days after Musk claims that the position on air traffic control contacts “is very march”, saying that the current system (which is wrong to Verizon before adding a correction later) is “collapsing very quickly.” “Starlink stations are sent at no cost to the taxpayer on the basis of emergency to restore air traffic control connection,” he said.

BloombergQuoting sources close to this issue, previously stated that 4000 stations were sent by stars to help upgrade the FAA networks, which confirmed FAA. In a statement posted on X in response to the response last week, FAA claimed to be “considering using Starlink since the previous administration.” Recently on Wednesday, FAA said in data for Washington Post And other publications that have not made a decision on the Verizon deal.

The agency is one of the many who have been exposed to workers’ demobilization trafficking led by Musk’s Doge over the past few weeks, as hundreds of FAA staff have launched in February.