The FAA has awarded Air Space Intelligence a 12-year, $875 million contract to build SMART, an AI-enabled airspace-management system meant to predict congestion and cut delays across US airspace, beating larger rivals Palantir and Thales. AeroTime says the startup's Flyways AI platform, used by Alaska Airlines since 2021, now moves it into a central role in the national airspace system, potentially reshaping how the FAA manages delay-prone hubs like New York and Chicago.