Podcasts Government Federal Drive with Tom Temin Sammies finalist helped move FAA from ground radar to GPS to track planes

Sammies finalist helped move FAA from ground radar to GPS to track planes

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 11:57 a.m.

b"On Jan. 1, a revolution occurred in how the FAA tracks airplanes aloft. That's when more than 100,000 airplanes switched to the use of the Global Positioning System, instead of the ground radars in place for decades. David Gray was instrumental in making this happen, and he's a finalist in this year Service to America Medals program. The FAA's acting group manager of communications information and network programs, Gray joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin to discuss more.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"