# Duffy probes whether L3Harris was ‘incompetent’ in FAA shutdown

https://mins.news/en/item/143885

- Bloomberg News, 2026-11-14 20:08 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-11-14/duffy-probing-possible-l3harris-incompetence-in-faa-meltdown?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6af8bfa26e5c8a000107164f

> Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Saturday that officials are investigating whether aerospace and defense contractor L3Harris Technologies was responsible for an air traffic control system shutdown that grounded flights nationwide for more than four hours.

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