Feb 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is close to canceling a $2.4 billion contract awarded to Verizon (VZ.N), opens new tab to overhaul a communications system, and awarding the work to Elon Musk's Starlink, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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the faa circuits because they come up as L 3 harris are all managed by hcl so the india got them already
Some of y’all just clicked through your federal customer training without reading. Federal government can cancel contracts for CONVENIENCE (i.e. for no reason at all) without penalty. They must also be given most-favored-customer pricing. Verizon cannot sue, cannot penalize, cannot continue to bill for the remainder of the original contract if the Fed cancels.
Hmm what’s worse Musk with being all crazy and eccentric still keeping the network run by Americans or old Verizon who got rid of every white male and sent almost all the work to India? Sorry but I don’t want the Indians running Americas critical infrastructure. I worked in a government pro services group and they laid off my entire team and replaced them with h1b Indians / Indians who they sponsored for citizenship - Ashburn VA office.
If Hans hasn’t traveled to kiss the ring and bend the knee, VZ can kiss that contract goodbye. Besides, VZ is on Trump’s DEI hit list anyway. Need to update the resume ASAP.
Smart move. I canceled VZ for T-Mobile when Lowell McAdam called them “the JV team” years ago. No regrets. Karma’s a b all you wireless & management folks. Reveling in schadenfreude. Oh and get back to the office lol.
"Go woke go broke" lol, it's a 2.4b 15 year contract, VZ reported 5.1b in profit last quarter, they're gonna be fine. Elmo is just ripping out a year and a half of groundwork so he can give the money to himself.
Hey Elon ...... Stick it in HANZ"S ars...........lmao
Go WOKE Go BROKE.
I'm happy to see Verizon get sc--wed. That's 2.4B less of our taxpayer money Verizon can't hand over to India aka Infosys and Cognizant.
Are you saying Hans should have gone to Washington to kiss the rings(Musk/Trump) and that’s how not to get sc--wed?
that's what happens when you are a woke company with a ceo and senior management that doesnt have a clue
has hans been to washington yet or is he afraid ice will send him home
King Musks canceled Verizon’s contract and installed his own company. CHA-CHING! And Musk gets richer. I see nothing. No conflict of interest. Good thing Trump is keeping an eye on this guy! lol
@af+1jn3vydnt - As if Liberals have done any better!! They've made millions off their insider trading and contracts. Don't kid yourself, they are all in bed with money.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Elon Musk on Thursday said a U.S, Federal Aviation Administration communication system operated by Verizon is months away from failure and putting air safety at risks.
"The Verizon communication system to air traffic control is breaking down very rapidly. The FAA assessment is single digit months to catastrophic failure, putting air traveler safety at serious risk," Musk, said in a post on social media platform X."
A lot of military vets work at Verizon in the FAA / government groups. This is what Musk is saying ABOUT YOU. This is what you get - FAFO when you vote for Trump.
Joe Russo, Verizon’s executive vice president and president of Global Networks and Technology, was asked about FENS on Tuesday at a Barclays investment conference.
“We’re in the midst of rolling out that network. It is not operational yet today, but will be shortly, as we continue to build in additional reliability and performance for the FAA,” said Russo. “All I know is if they are testing, it sounds like they’re testing in three locations using Starlink for some connectivity, I don’t know for what applications, I heard weather applications, I think that can be complementary to what we’re trying to build to really run the FAA infrastructure.”
Complementary or not, the awarding of any government business to SpaceX raises conflict-of-interest questions.