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#SpaceX is not *necessarily* taking over Verizon’s contract now at the #FAA , but may get a piece of it (the article talks abt how #Musk has been “moving so fast,” #Verizon leaders have had little time to respond, but now they are).

Per Bloomberg, Musk ordered FAA employees to “immediately start work on a program to deploy thousands of the company’s #Starlink satellite terminals to support the national airspace system,” threatening termination if they didn’t comply.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-05/after-elon-musk-lands-at-faa-his-starlink-business-stands-to-gain-business
#musk #spacex #starlink #faa #verizon
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How Elon #Musk Muscled His Way into the #FAA

#SpaceX #Starlink

(some screenshots of the article noted in the previous post)
Industries | Transportation How Elon Musk Muscled His Way Into the FAA The billionaire overseeing a wide- ranging government efficiency effort is offering his own SpaceX technology as the future of flight-safety inside the Federal Aviation Administration Fught Count NATL RD IAMODA GOES-R TRPCL SA NAS_IMPAL Take Screen Photo illustration: 731; Photos: Bloomberg (1), Getty (1) in By Jason Leopold, Allyson Versprille, and Kelcee Griffis March 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM EST Updated on March 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM EST https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-05/after-elon-musk-lands-at-faa-his-starlink-business-stands-to-gain-business Accessed: 6 March 2025 at 2038 CST
Two weeks ago, SpaceX engineer Ted Malaska showed up at the Federal Aviation Administration's headquarters in Washington to deliver what he described as a directive from his boss Elon Musk: The agency will immediately start work on a program to deploy thousands of the company's Starlink satellite terminals to support the national airspace system. Malaska told those in attendance that the employees had up to 18 months to get the new program up and running, an unsettling timeline for aviation safety employees accustomed to a more deliberate pace. Anyone who impeded progress, Malaska said, would be reported to Musk and risked losing their jobs, according to two people familiar with the matter, who were not authorized to speak publicly. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-05/after-elon-musk-lands-at-faa-his-starlink-business-stands-to-gain-business Accessed: 6 March 2025 at 2038 CST
Since he began overseeing the newly created Department of Government Efficiency, Musk has upended the norms of bureaucracy with a far-reaching initiative to scale back the size and scope of the federal government. So far, the tech billionaire's team has moved to drastically scale back the US Agency for International Development, which provides life-saving medicines to people around the world, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which helps protect American consumers from financial fraudsters. At least 30,000 federal jobs have been eliminated under his watch. Now a ubiquitous presence within the highest echelons of politics, Musk has shown up at a White House cabinet meeting, at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, with a chainsaw on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference. But his https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-05/after-elon-musk-lands-at-faa-his-starlink-business-stands-to-gain-business Accessed: 6 March 2025 at 2038 CST
#musk #spacex #starlink #faa
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