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FAA staff reportedly ordered to find funding for deal with Musk’s Starlink

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FAA staff reportedly ordered to find funding for deal with SpaceX subsidiary Starlink.

Deal could upend $2.4 billion Verizon contract with the US to upgrade air traffic control communications.

Starlink is a subsidiary of SpaceX , which DOGE head Elon Musk owns.

House Representatives Rosa DeLauro and James Clyburn called the reported deal “a glaring conflict of interest”.

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