The FAA considers a major shift in its air traffic control communications system. The potential $2.4 billion contract change could reshape aviation safety infrastructure.

STARS processes radar data for Newark and, according to the FAA, "telecommunications lines feed this data from New York to the Philadelphia TRACON, where controllers handle Newark arrivals and ...

The FAA will add three new high speed bandwidth telecommunications connections between STARS, the ATC digital automation system currently based in Westbury, and Philadelphia. They will also deploy ...