Elon Musk said Thursday that Verizon’s efforts to provide a critically needed upgrade to the FAA’s air traffic control system is failing. And he said that it is important that Starlink, a unit of his SpaceX satellite and rocket company,

The $2.4 billion contract was awarded to Verizon in 2023, according to the Post, and upgrades the systems that allow FAA offices to communicate with air traffic control facilities. But Musk has been critical of Verizon in recent days,

Recent crashes include one between a passenger jet and an army helicopter, a plane that flipped over after landing, and a plane that went down in Alaska. The most recent one took place on February 19 when two people have died following a mid-air collision involving two planes at Marana Regional Airport in Arizona.