## FAA tees up $875M AI tool to help manage air traffic congestion FAA plans for AI tool to help manage DC air traffic before a nationwide rollout. An AI tool is set to start advising air traffic controllers on managing air traffic in the congested airspace above the Washington, DC, area. The expected launch would be the first step toward a planned nationwide rollout covering the 29 million square miles of US national airspace overseen by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA describes the SMART system as using AI models to predict air traffic flows and identify potential conflicts…