FILE PHOTO: The Verizon logo is seen on the side of a truck in New York City, U.S., October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration told lawmakers it is not considering replacing the telecommunication contracts it holds with L3Harris and Verizon Communications with the services of the Starlink unit of Elon Musk's SpaceX.
"The FAA is not aware of any effort by SpaceX to assume the (telecommunications) contracts. Nor has FAA considered replacing the awardees of those contracts with SpaceX," FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said in a letter to lawmakers dated Tuesday and seen by Reuters. "FAA would not use Starlink (or any satellite service) as the sole communications technology for safety-critical air traffic services."
