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Upgrades to the Air Traffic Control System Include:

27,625
new radios
5,170
new high speed network connections on fiber, satellite, and wireless
612
state-of-the-art radars
462
new digital voice switches
110
additional weather stations in Alaska
1
new consolidated Air Route Traffic Control Center (first new one since the 1960s)