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Upgrades to the Air Traffic Control System Include:

25,000
Number of radios to be replaced
618
Number of radars to be replaced that have gone past their life cycle
4,600
Number of sites that will have fiber, wireless and satellite technologies replaced
475
New voice switches to replace antiquated telecommunications
6
New air traffic control centers to be built for the first time since the 1960s, along with replacing towers and TRACONs.
174
New Alaskan weather stations to be added