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Business● Elevated33m ago · Nov 15, 2026, 5:27 PM

Duffy says he ‘can’t cancel’ contract with firm behind FAA outage

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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he “can’t cancel” control with L3Harris, the firm blamed for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) outage on Friday that resulted in a nationwide ground stop.   “The reason is that L3Harris decades ago got the contract to run and own the network that operates communication for the FAA. They own the…

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