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February 11, 2012
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Congress sends Obama a bill aimed at prodding US aviation into a new, high-tech era
The Associated Press via The Washington Post
After five years of legislative struggling, 23 stopgap measures and a two-week shutdown of the Federal Aviation Administration, Congress finally has passed a bill aimed at prodding the nation's aviation system into a new high-tech era in which satellites are central to air traffic control and piloted planes share the skies with unmanned drones. The bill, which passed the Senate 75-20, speeds the nation's switch from radar to an air traffic control system based on GPS technology.More

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