WASHINGTON, July 16 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation

Administration told lawmakers it is not considering replacing

its current telecommunication contracts it holds with L3Harris ( LHX )

or Verizon Communications ( VZ ) with Elon Musk's

SpaceX's Starlink satellite unit.

"The FAA is not aware of any effort by SpaceX to assume the

(telecommunications) contracts. Nor has FAA considered replacing

the awardees of those contracts with SpaceX," said FAA

Administrator Bryan Bedford in a letter to lawmakers dated

Tuesday reviewed by Reuters. "FAA would not use Starlink (or any

satellite service) as the sole communications technology for

safety-critical air traffic services."