Yesterday, Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Washington), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy concerning risks to aviation safety related to possible auctioning by the Department of Defense (DoD) of federal spectrum bands that could compromise frequencies vital to the National Airspace System (NAS).
This looks like a volcano that will be triggered if very careful consideration is sidestepped. Once frequency bands are allocated the effort to retrieve them from parties involved will be almost impossible. The smart move is to back off of any devolvement of the radio spectrum until a very careful assessment which needs to include global users has been conducted.