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The Department of Transportation is ramping up its use of artificial intelligence, according to a top agency official, with the emerging capabilities playing an increasingly important role in the agency\u2019s ongoing modernization efforts.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at GovExec\u2019s Government Efficiency Summit on July 16, Transportation Deputy Secretary Steven Bradbury said internal adoption of the technologies has already helped to accelerate needed software upgrades, with growing workforce use of AI poised to further expand its impact on agency operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Transportation released its last September to help guide its digital infrastructure transformation, which includes a focus on modernizing and replacing its outdated systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bradbury said uses of the emerging capabilities have already helped Transportation speed up its software production timelines from 18 months down to 18 weeks, noting that \u201cwhen we have a need for new software applications, we can bring AI to bear to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

Agencywide experimentation with AI tools has also highlighted a broader range of potential benefits from the technologies, Bradbury said.<\/p>\n

He cited internal figures that found that \u201c80% of DOT people are now looking at the uses of AI,\u201d and said current adoption of the capabilities highlights how the technologies can provide further benefits to the American people.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe’re using it in making our rulemaking faster, more effective,\u201d Bradbury said. \u201cWe get tens of thousands of comments on the complicated rules that we issue. We need to be able to digest those quickly, understand them [and] respond to them. AI can obviously help with that. Similarly, reviewing hundreds and hundreds of grant applications to make the right decisions about which projects to support through our grantmaking \u2014 AI is going to be instrumental in helping us do that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Beyond internal uses of AI, the capabilities are also set to play a key role in the Trump administration\u2019s broader push to upgrade the nation\u2019s outdated air traffic control system. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the modernization effort in May 2025, saying at the time that the multi-billion dollar effort would include a modernized flight management system and updated ground radar systems at all U.S. airports.<\/p>\n

Although Congress approved $12.5 billion for the modernization effort as part of the Big, Beautiful Bill, Bradbury said \u201cwe do need more\u201d to finish the effort by the end of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He noted that the Federal Aviation Administration, which is overseeing the initiative, is already in the process of setting up a Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories \u2014 or SMART \u2014 system \u201cto use all of the information available, [including] weather, what’s going on at the ground [and] where airplanes are being prepared for takeoff across the whole system to know in advance what the conflict points are.\u201d<\/p>\n

The FAA announced last month that it awarded Air Space Intelligence a 12-year, $875 million contract for new software and artificial intelligence capabilities, including for the SMART system.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bradbury said that \u201cAI is going to be essential to make this happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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