WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following press release:
Thanks to funding from the One Big Beautiful Bill, the FAA is equipping its airport vehicles with transponders, encourages airports and airlines to follow suit.
WASHINGTON - The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is improving airport safety by investing $16.5 million from President Donald J. Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill to equip all its airport vehicles with transponders that help air traffic controllers identify and track them on runways and taxiways.
The FAA also reminded airports this week that they can use federal grant money to install transponders on their vehicles, and recommends they encourage air...