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.
Musk admitted that he made a mistake when he said Verizon operated the Federal Aviation Administration's communications system.
"Correction: the ancient system that is rapidly declining in capability was made (by) L3Harris. The new system that is not yet operational is from Verizon," Musk
posted on social media.
Verizon, which operates the largest U.S. wireless network, rejected Musk's initial accusation with a statement that it has only begun work on the system.