Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act
Reported from committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- Reported from committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 4
- Latest action
- Sep 16, 2026
What it does
The Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act would require the FAA Administrator to acquire and install certified Airborne Position Reference Tools at FAA-operated air traffic control towers that are under contract and lack Standard Terminal Automation Replacement Systems or similar situational awareness tools, with installation to occur within one year of enactment. The bill also amends existing law to mandate the installation and maintenance of Standard Terminal Automation Replacement Systems at qualifying contract towers, establishes training programs for controllers on the new equipment, provides reimbursement for towers that independently acquired such systems prior to federal…
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Where it stands
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