WASHINGTON - Billionaire presidential adviser Elon Musk on Thursday falsely accused Verizon, a rival contractor of his SpaceX Starlink system, of putting U.S. air safety at risk through a communications system that is actually operated by L3Harris.

Sorry, Verizon, this completely normal and not-at-all ethically-unusual business decision unexpectedly favors Elon Musk.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk redirected his criticism of the Federal Aviation Administration’s aging system to L3Harris Thursday, after discovering that Verizon was not the company behind the software.

The FAA is reportedly considering canceling a $2.4 billion Verizon contract for air traffic control upgrades because Musk's team wants SpaceX's Starlink business to handle it.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Tuesday that Verizon is "not moving fast enough" in its $2.4 billion, 15-year telecom contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. Duffy, who plans to ask Congress for tens of billions of dollars to reform air traffic control,

DOGE, filled with SpaceX employees, should not undercut Verizon in favor of Starlink to fix the FAA’s antiquated systems.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized Verizon for its slow progress on a $2.4 billion telecom contract with the FAA. Duffy plans to request more funding from Congress for air traffic control reforms,

A growing number of U.S. lawmakers are raising questions about the potential for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to interfere or take over a $2.4 billion Federal Aviation Administration telecommunications contract with rival Verizon .

The FAA is testing Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service. That could raise a possible conflict of interest, experts say.