Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stressed that SpaceX and owner Elon Musk are not receiving ''special treatment'' and that he was open to input from other major tech companies on how to develop a dramatically improved system.
''SpaceX team will be visiting the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in VA to get a firsthand look at the current system, learn what air traffic controllers like and dislike about their current tools, and envision how we can make a new, better, modern and safer system,'' Duffy, 53, said on X Sunday evening.
''Because I know the media (and
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...former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, Conqueror of Benghazi, Heroine of Tuzla, formerly described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world,usually described by the rest of us as The Thing That Wouldn't Go Away. Politix is not one of her talents, but it's something she keeps trying to do...
) will claim Elon's team is getting special access, let me make clear that the @FAANews regularly gives tours of the command center to both media and companies.''
Earlier this month, Duffy tangled with the former first lady and secretary of state over his plans to bring Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team into the Department of Transportation.
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