2026年5月22日 美国东部时间早上6:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻（CBS News）
作者：克里斯·范·克利夫（Kris Van Cleave）
曾获艾美奖的记者克里斯·范·克利夫是CBS News驻亚利桑那州凤凰城的高级交通通讯员，同时也担任全国通讯员，为CBS News所有广播及平台供稿。
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就在美国运输安全管理局（TSA）预计阵亡将士纪念日周末将对超过1800万名乘客进行安检之际，美国交通部正式推出一个新网站，用于追踪该国125亿美元的空中交通管制系统现代化升级项目。
这个名为“现代天空”（Modern Skies）的网站旨在展示全美范围内正在推进的1万多个项目，内容将包括重点项目概况以及每月更新的进度追踪工具，显示已完成工作和仍在推进的项目状态。网站还设有互动地图，可按城市、州、机场、邮政编码或国会选区拆分项目，展示已完成项目和未来一个月内即将开展的工作。
美国运输部长肖恩·P·达菲（Sean P. Duffy）在发给CBS News的一份声明中表示：“以往空中交通管制现代化项目失败的原因之一是缺乏透明度。我们正采取不同的做法——让每个美国人都能第一手了解特朗普总统如何彻底改革我们的航空系统。”
达菲补充道：“我们预计从阵亡将士纪念日到劳动节周末的航班量将达到540万架次。不断飙升的需求凸显了我们当前工作的重要性。”
借助《一项宏大美好法案》（One Big Beautiful Bill Act）提供的资金，美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）正致力于用新的雷达系统、无线电设备、光纤电缆和升级后的飞机追踪技术，替换老化的基础设施，用于飞机在机场地面滑行和空中飞行阶段的监控。
达菲已承诺在2028年前完成该国航空系统的重大升级。相关计划包括：
- 替换铜线电信连接；
- 安装2.7万台新无线电设备；
- 部署450台新数字语音交换机；
- 安装612套新雷达系统；
- 在200多个机场部署地面态势感知监视系统，用于监控地面飞机；
- 升级数百座管制塔台。
“美国联邦航空管理局正在进行几代人以来规模最大的美国空中交通管制系统变革，我们承诺在每一步都保持透明和问责。”美国联邦航空管理局局长布莱恩·贝德福德（Bryan Bedford）在一份声明中表示，“美国民众有权清楚了解这些投资的实施方式，以及我们在现代化航空系统方面取得的进展。如今，在繁忙的夏季旅行季到来之际，我们将直接向公众公开这些信息。”
在周二举行的参议院听证会上，贝德福德作证谈到了空中交通管制系统日益严峻的压力。
“每年我们要管理超过1800万架次航班，接待超过10亿人次乘客出行，当前的系统已经达到了极限。”他说，“毫无疑问，美国航空系统是全球规模最大、最复杂的航空系统。然而，现在我们还要应对无人机、先进空中机动、超音速飞行以及几乎每日都有太空发射带来的额外需求。”
他敦促国会提供完成这项工作所需的“关键资金”。
“升级工作正在推进中。”达菲今年4月在纪念其推动系统升级一周年时对CBS News表示，“我们有两年半的时间窗口，我们将兑现承诺。”
新网站的数据显示，铜线更换工作已完成51%，无线电设备改造项目也完成了18%。未来一个月的待开展项目包括在两座机场安装新的地面态势感知系统，以及部署一套新的雷达系统。
达菲和贝德福德目前正在请求国会提供数十亿美元资金，用于开发一套人工智能软件工具，他们认为这套工具将提升航空运营的效率和安全性。
“这套软件可以提前45天预判情况。我们可以在问题实际发生前进行干预，将部分航班的起降时间调整后移5、7或10分钟，或者提前5、7或10分钟，从而解决问题，避免航班延误。”达菲今年4月对CBS News说道。
凯瑟琳·克鲁普尼克（Kathryn Krupnik）和莎拉·普洛斯（Sarah Ploss）对本报道亦有贡献。
New site aims to track $12.5 billion in air traffic control system upgrades
May 22, 2026 6:00 AM EDT / CBS News
By Kris Van Cleave
Emmy Award-winning journalist Kris Van Cleave is the senior transportation correspondent for CBS News based in Phoenix, Arizona, where he also serves as a national correspondent reporting for all CBS News broadcasts and platforms.
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Just as the TSA expects to screen more than 18 million flyers for Memorial Day weekend, the Department of Transportation is rolling out a new website tracking the $12.5 billion effort to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system.
The Modern Skies website aims to highlight more than 10,000 projects underway nationwide and will include summaries of key projects and a progress tracker, updated monthly, with the status of work completed and projects still underway. Also part of the site is an interactive map that breaks down projects by city, state, airport, ZIP code or congressional district, showing completed projects and work that’s upcoming in the next month.
“One of the reasons past air traffic control modernization efforts failed was a lack of transparency. We’re taking a different approach — letting every American get a front row view of how President Trump is revolutionizing our skies,” Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said in a statement to CBS News.
“We’re forecasting 5.4 million flights from Memorial Day through Labor Day weekend,” Duffy added. “That surging demand underscores why the work we’re doing is so important.”
With funds from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the FAA is working to replace aging infrastructure with new radar systems, radios, fiber-optic cables and upgraded aircraft tracking technology for when planes are moving around on the ground at airports and in the air.
Duffy has pledged to complete significant upgrades to the nation’s aviation system by 2028. Plans include:
- Replacing copper wire telecommunications connections;
- 27,000 new radios;
- 450 new digital voice switches;
- 612 new radar systems;
- Surface awareness surveillance systems to monitor planes on the ground at over 200 airports;
- Upgrading hundreds of control towers.
“The FAA is undertaking the most significant transformation of America’s air traffic control system in generations, and we are committed to being transparent and accountable every step of the way,” FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said in a statement. “The American people deserve a clear view of how these investments are being executed and the progress being made to modernize our skies. Now, we’re sharing that directly with the flying public as we start the busy summer travel season.”
At a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Bedford testified about the growing strain on air traffic control.
“With more than 18 million flights managed and over one billion passenger movements traveling across our skies annually, our current system has reached its limits,” he said. “Without a doubt, the U.S. aviation system is recognized as the largest and most complex aviation system in the world. However, now we face the additional demands of drones, advanced air mobility, supersonic operations, and a near daily cadence of space launches.”
He urged Congress to provide “critical funding” needed to get the work done.
“The build is happening,” Duffy told CBS News in April as he marked the first anniversary of his effort to upgrade the system. “We have a two-and-a-half-year window, and we’re going to accomplish what we promised.”
The new website says the work to replace copper wiring is 51% complete, as are 18% of the radio conversions. Among the upcoming projects in the next month are efforts to install new surface awareness systems at two airports and deploying a new radar system.
Duffy and Bedford are now asking Congress for billions more dollars to build a suite of AI software tools they believe will improve efficiency and safety in the skies.
“This software will say, We can see this 45 days out. Let’s manage that before it actually happens. Let’s move some of those flights a little bit later — 5, 7, 10 minutes later, or 5, 7, 10 minutes earlier — and we can resolve the issue. And so then you are not delayed,” Duffy told CBS News in April.
Kathryn Krupnik and Sarah Ploss contributed to this report.
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