FAA Races to Modernize NOTAM System, Targets 2025 Rollout
New system could launch as early as September.
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The FAA is taking steps to more swiftly modernize its Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) system, with plans to deploy a new service much earlier than initially anticipated. This acceleration comes in response to recent outages involving the system.
The agency announced the sped-up timeline on Monday, noting that over 4 million NOTAMs are issued per year.
‘Deeply Outdated’
U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy emphasized the outdated nature of the current NOTAM system, stating in a news release, “The Notice to Airmen system is deeply outdated and showing serious cracks.”
Duffy added, “Over the last few years, we’ve seen multiple system outages ground regional air travel, create extensive delays, and otherwise ruin the flying experience for the American people.”
The modernization effort will provide near-real-time data exchange and enable more efficient data flows and improved stakeholder collaboration, the FAA said. The new system will be hosted in the cloud and feature a “scalable and resilient architecture.”
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Vendor CGI Federal Inc. has been selected to work on the NOTAM system modernization and service deployment.
The new timeline set by the FAA targets the delivery of the NOTAM Modernization Service by July, with the operational service expected to be deployed by September. An upgrade for the 30-year-old system was over six years away in 2023, CNN reported.
In January 2023, scores of flights were grounded in the U.S. due to an outage of the NOTAM system. Another brief outage occurred in February 2025.
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