Verizon Hasn’t Moved Fast Enough on FAA Upgrade, Duffy Says (1)

Verizon Communications Inc. needs to pick up the pace on upgrades to the Federal Aviation Administration’s telecommunications network if it wants to hang on to its $2.4 billion contract, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.

“If I’m looking back, they’re not moving fast enough,” Duffy said at a press briefing in Washington on Tuesday. “I need companies that are going to move fast.”

The Verizon contract is still “in play,” but “how we move forward is a question we’re going to grapple with,” Duffy said.

The US telecom giant’s efforts to upgrade the FAA’s networks have come under scrutiny ...