China’s fingerprints are all over vendors now in the mix for America’s air traffic system.

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“Thales” and “Indra” (two European companies) have deep, long-running ties inside China’s aviation and air traffic world. Joint ventures. Localized tech development. Close work with the Civil Aviation Administration of China. You name it.

Before DOT or the FAA hands them the keys to our National Airspace System, somebody needs to answer the obvious questions: cybersecurity, supply chain, and technology security. Not later. Now!

This isn’t some abstract procurement fight. America’s air traffic system is critical national infrastructure. Knock it over and you don’t just get delayed flights. You get snarled commerce, broken supply chains, grounded emergency movement, and a national security problem you can see from space.

Cyber resilience isn’t a buzzword. A sophisticated attack that takes down availability of these systems could park airplanes, choke airports, stop cargo, and do real economic damage. In short: We should not be volunteering extra vulnerabilities when we pick the companies this system will run on. Buy America is national security. Federal money for critical infrastructure should build American capability — not deepen strategic dependence on foreign production with Beijing-adjacent relationships. The FAA is considering vendors with serious China ties. That deserves hard scrutiny, not a shrug.

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National Security Concerns Rise as FAA Considers Vendors with Ties to China

Aviation experts are raising national security concerns about ensuring the U.S. government properly vets risks from companies that provide air traffic control technologies to China.

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