Satellite service Starlink doesn’t have the capabilities to be the FAA’s comms backbone. Trump officials may take a $2.4B contract from Verizon and give it to Musk’s company anyway.

Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his SpaceX satellite and rocket company,

SpaceX (SPACE) on Wednesday clarified that Starlink (STRLK) was not getting any contracts from the U.S. government after recent media reports suggested that it could possibly receive one from the Federal Aviation Administration that was originally with Verizon (NYSE:VZ).

SpaceX is planning to invest at least $1.8 billion to build new Starship launchpads and processing facilities on Florida's Space Coast, eyeing a key expansion for the rocket program beyond Texas amid pending environmental reviews,

The world’s largest rocket could launch from Florida as soon as this year. SpaceX just announced it wants to rapidly expand its footprint on the Space Coast to launch Starship in 2025. In a new update shared this week online,