FAA Officials Order Staff To Find Funding For Starlink

Rolling Stone reports:

Elon Musk’s satellite business Starlink may not have officially taken over Verizon’s $2.4 billion contract with the Federal Aviation Administration yet to upgrade the systems it uses to manage America’s airspace.

However, on Friday, FAA officials ordered staff to begin finding tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal, according to a source with knowledge of the FAA and two people briefed on the situation.

The sources note that these internal directives have mostly, if not entirely, been delivered verbally — which they say is unusual for a matter like this. The source with knowledge of the FAA tells Rolling Stone that it appears as though “someone does not want a paper trail.”

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FAA officials ordered staff Friday to find tens of millions of dollars for a deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink, sources tell Rolling Stone, amid reports Starlink could take over the FAA’s existing $2 billion contract with Verizon https://t.co/f0rxYzza8a

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