Air travel delays are bad and promise to get worse; the Federal Aviation Administration's current "build a little, test a little" strategy for air traffic control modernization isn't expected to keep pace with exploding long-term passenger demand. Now Boeing is throwing its corporate might behind a more ambitious technological overhaul: a new air traffic control infrastructure based on satellite tracking rather than radar. Boeing CEO Philip M. Condit first floated the idea in January; the company plans to publicly flesh out the details this month.

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