Aviation chiefs in the U.S. are ready to let DOGE head Elon Musk rip up the playbook and start again, according to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. Duffy said on Fox’s Hannity show that he is ready to let the cost-cutting squad shape a new air traffic control system at “the speed of business,

U.S. air traffic controllers will be offered the opportunity to stay past their mandatory retirement age of 56, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Fox News on Thursday in the wake of the Washington plane crash.

The president said he would work with Congress to improve aging technology used by the Federal Aviation Administration.

President Trump says he thinks a more modern air traffic control computer system could have prevented last week’s deadly collision between a passenger jet and Army helicopter.

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said he would work with Congress to ensure the speedy adoption of a new computerized air traffic control system after last week's collision of an Army helicopter and a commercial jet that killed 67 people.

The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee said she is asking U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to bar President Donald Trump's adviser Elon Musk from involvement in efforts to reform air traffic control.

Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and also leads President Donald Trump's DOGE group, which aims to make drastic cuts to the federal government.

Donald Trump said he would speak to congressional leaders about passing a “single bill” to overhaul the nation’s air traffic control system.