The push to equip more of the U.S. airline fleet with technology that takes advantage of new, satellite-based navigation could get a boost from government plans to spend billions on the country’s infrastructure.

Several industry groups have talked with U.S. transportation officials about supporting a program that would encourage airlines to add software and hardware to older aircraft—many of them regional jets.

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