[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5831-5832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3294]



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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Intent To Distribute and Request Comment on the 
National Airspace System (NAS) Architecture, Version 1.5

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Distribute and Request Comment on the NAS Architecture, Version 
1.5.

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SUMMARY: The FAA Office of System Architecture and Program Evaluation 
has developed a working version of the NAS Architecture. This working 
draft version of the architecture, Version 1.5, has not been formally 
coordinated with

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all segments of the FAA. It is, however, sufficiently mature to warrant 
review by the broader aviation community. The FAA, therefore, invites 
public comment.

DATES: Comments must be received on or by May 15, 1996.

ADDRESS: Comments may be sent by facsimile to 202-484-1257 or by mail 
to: NAS Documentation Control Center, ATTN: K. Faison, Suite 700, 1250 
Maryland Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20024.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA Office of System Architecture and 
Program Evaluation invites public comment on a working draft version of 
the NAS Architecture, which it has developed.
    The NAS is one of the most complex human constructed systems in the 
world. It comprises thousands of people, both within and outside of 
government, and billions of dollars of investment in aircraft and 
operations-related facilities and equipment. Our aviation system 
generates a substantial positive impact on the overall U.S. balance of 
payments.
    Current efforts to balance the Federal budget dictate that the FAA 
role in supporting U.S. aviation, primarily in providing air traffic 
control services, be performed more efficiently and, perhaps, in a 
dramatically different way than in the past. To assist us in this 
reengineering effort, and in defining new ways of sharing the myriad 
responsibilities associated with operating the system safely, we have 
developed this initial, comprehensive NAS architecture. By taking this 
broad, all-encompassing view of the system, we hope to find 
possibilities for providing the same or better service while minimizing 
the necessary capital investment and the costs of operation.
    The system architecture is contained in a relational data base and 
is available on compact disk (CD-ROM). It can be obtained free of 
charge by telephoning 202-776-1256, or by writing to: AMTECH, Inc., 
1101 15th St., NW., Suite 900, ATTN: IADB Product Lead, Washington, DC 
20005. Requests also may be made via facsimile at 202-452-0699. Orders 
will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
    The CD can be run only on PC-DOS computers running Windows 3.1 or 
higher. It has been tested on a computer with a quad speed CD-ROM 
player, 486 microprocessor, 8 MB of random access memory, 10 MB 
available hard disk space, and a 256-color VGA display. It may be run 
on machines with lesser performance, in particular 16-color VGA 
displays, but this is not recommended.
    A comment form is provided on the CD which can be printed, filled 
out, and returned to the FAA. The FAA encourages comments. While the 
FAA cannot guarantee a response to each and every comment received, 
each that is received by May 15, 1996, will be considered in developing 
the next version of the system architecture.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 8, 1996.

Terry R. Hannah,
Deputy Director, Office of System Architecture and Program Evaluation, 
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 96-3294 Filed 2-13-96; 8:45 am]
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