The nation's air traffic control system is obsolete and understaffed, which significantly degrades safety, aviation industry experts told the House Aviation Subcommittee Tuesday morning.

The U.S. Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) published a report Tuesday urging the FAA to modernize systems for air traffic control.

Several air traffic control facilities, including in Nevada, are understaffed, a decades-old trend that could be getting worse after the Trump administration laid off hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration employees earlier this month. The FAA is the federal agency that regulates civil and commercial space transportation.

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee on Tuesday will hear testimony on the persistent shortage of air traffic controllers and the significant technology and infrastructure woes faced by the Federal Aviation Administration.

Aviation industry and labor groups pushed for faster upgrades to U.S. air traffic control systems and hiring. The testimony before a House committee hearing on air traffic control comes about a month after the deadliest U.

A House subcommittee is holding a hearing Tuesday on U.S. air traffic control staffing shortages and technology and infrastructure woes faced by the Federal Aviation Administration. The hearing follows several recent aviation disasters,

In a somber Capitol Hill hearing Tuesday, aviation industry leaders delivered stark warnings about the nation's deteriorating air traffic control system following January's deadly midair collision at Reagan National Airport that claimed 67 lives.