The Federal Aviation Administration faces a major shortage of air traffic controllers across the country.
Officials are seeking innovative solutions to manage this staffing gap effectively.
They plan to launch Smart, an automated software program developed by Air Space Intelligence.
This system costs $875 million over a 12-year period for government use.
Smart uses AI to assess schedules, weather, and airport capacity to predict traffic flows.
The software will first deploy in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area before expanding.
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Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/the-faas-plan-to-fix-air-traffic-875-million-worth-of-ai/
