华盛顿，11月13日电 特朗普政府周五晚些时候将空中交通管制资金请求增加至500亿美元，此前一次通信问题导致全国性停飞，数千架次航班停飞数小时。
WASHINGTON, Nov 13 - The Trump administration boosted its request for air traffic control funding to $50 billion late Friday after a communications issue forced a nationwide groundstop that halted thousands of flights for hours.
交通部长肖恩·达菲和白宫周五早些时候请求拨款301亿美元，用于升级美国老化的机场和空中交通管制系统。
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and the White House earlier on Friday asked for $30.1 billion to upgrade the United States’ aging airports and air traffic control system.
“这是紧急情况，”达菲说。“还有什么比拥有一个真正能用的空中交通管制系统更重要？”该问题影响了联邦航空管理局（FAA）的航路管制中心，这些中心负责处理机场之间的航班。但由共和党主导的参议院商务委员会表示，这一事件凸显了优先实现这些中心现代化而非其他项目的必要性，并指出国会已批准19亿美元用于更换过时的航路管制中心。
"This is an emergency," Duffy said. "What’s more important than having an air traffic control system that actually works?" The issue impacted the FAA’s en route centers that handle traffic between airports. But the Republican-led Senate Commerce Committee said the incident highlights the need to prioritize modernizing those centers over other projects and noted Congress approved $1.9 billion to replace outdated en route centers.
近年来，世界上最复杂的空域经历了一系列扰乱航班并危及安全的事件。2025年1月，罗纳德·里根华盛顿国家机场发生空中相撞事故，造成67人死亡。
The world’s most complex airspace has experienced a series of events in recent years that have disrupted flights and risked safety. In January 2025, a midair collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport killed 67 people.
国会已于2025年7月批准在五年内拨款125亿美元，用于升级空中交通管制并增加管制员招聘，此前曾有关于机场拥堵、航班延误和技术问题的投诉。
Congress already approved $12.5 billion over five years in July 2025 to upgrade air traffic control and increase the hiring of controllers following complaints about airport congestion, flight delays and technology problems.
白宫管理和预算办公室主任拉塞尔·沃特和交通部长肖恩·达菲提出的请求寻求拨款101亿美元用于空中交通管制现代化，其中包括72亿美元用于通用自动化平台和管制员工作站，以及20亿美元用于云计算。
The request from White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy seeks $10.1 billion for air traffic control modernization, including $7.2 billion for a common automation platform and controller workstations and $2 billion for cloud computing.
达菲和沃特在致议员的信中写道，要求迅速采取行动：“这项投资对于完成国家空域现代化至关重要——为空中交通管制员提供有弹性的电信骨干网、现代化的硬件和软件、最先进的管制塔台以及世界一流的机场基础设施。”
"This investment is critical to complete the modernization of our national airspace - delivering a resilient telecommunications backbone for air traffic controllers, modern hardware and software, state-of-the-art control towers, and world-class airport infrastructure," Duffy and Vought wrote to lawmakers asking for swift action.
包括美国航空、达美航空、联合航空和西南航空在内的主要航空公司均表示支持该请求。
Major airlines including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines have expressed support for the request.
这项301亿美元的请求还包括20亿美元用于更换和改善联邦航空管理局（FAA）的空中交通管制塔台，以及180亿美元用于机场相关项目，其中包括100亿美元用于现代化或更换老化的航站楼。
The $30.1 billion request also includes $2 billion to replace and improve Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control towers and $18 billion for airport-related projects including $10 billion to modernize or replace aging terminals.
联邦航空管理局依赖几十年前的计算机，以及通过拍卖网站购买的替换零件。上周，该局表示将在2028年底前更换400多个空中交通管制设施中用于天气和其他关键信息的软盘。
The FAA relies on decades-old computers as well as replacement parts bought through auction websites. Last week, it said it would replace by the end of 2028 floppy disks used for weather and other critical information at more than 400 air traffic control facilities.
沃特和达菲在信中表示，联邦航空管理局已将68%的老旧铜质电信网络替换为高速光纤基础设施。
Vought and Duffy in their letter said the FAA has replaced 68% of legacy copper telecommunications network with high-speed fiber infrastructure.
政府呼吁共和党主导的国会在年底最后几周批准拨款。民主党将于1月接管国会控制权。
The administration has called for the Republican-led Congress to approve funding in the final weeks of the year. Democrats are set to take control of Congress in January.
9月，费城一空管设施的电路双重故障，以及新泽西州一施工队意外切断光缆，导致人口稠密的东北部地区数千个航班延误或取消。
In September, the dual failures of a circuit at a Philadelphia air traffic facility and the accidental severing of a fiber-optic cable in New Jersey by a construction crew led to thousands of flights across the densely populated Northeast being delayed or canceled.