- What changed
- The FAA plans to launch an $875 million AI software program called SMART, developed by Air Space Intelligence, to streamline air traffic operations over 12 years.
- Why you should care
- Large scale federal procurement of AI systems for critical infrastructure signals expanding public sector integration of automated workflows.
- Your move
- Watch. Monitor the success and deployment timeline of the SMART rollout before broader infrastructure generalizations.
- What to watch next
- The initial rollout of the SMART software program in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- Event
- business move
- Event date
- Sep 17, 2026
- Relevant to
- General AI readers
