WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation

Secretary Sean Duffy on Wednesday will detail the Trump

administration's plans to overhaul the aging U.S. air traffic

control system after Congress awarded an initial $12.5 billion

in funding.

The Federal Aviation Administration's air traffic control

network's woes have been years in the making, but a rush of

high-profile mishaps, near-misses and a catastrophic crash in

January between a U.S. Army helicopter and regional American

Airlines ( AAL ) jet that killed 67 has spiked public alarm.

"Our job is to keep air travel safe, which is why I have

dedicated my tenure to delivering an all-new air traffic control

system," Duffy will tell a U.S. House committee, according to

written testimony seen by Reuters.