[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26823]


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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 2.0

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

ACTION: Distribute and request comment on the NAS Architecture, Version 
2.0.

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SUMMARY: The FAA Office of System Architecture and Program Evaluation 
has developed a revised version of the NAS Architecture. This proposed 
architecture, Version 2.0, is being formally coordinated with all 
segments of the FAA and the aviation community. The FAA, therefore, 
invites public comment.

DATE: Comments must be received on or before December 16, 1996.

ADDRESS: Comments may be mailed to: Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of System Architecture and Program Evaluation, ATTN: ASD-1, 800 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or sent by facsimile to 
202/358-5434.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA Office of System Architecture and 
Program Evaluation invites public comment on the National Airspace 
System (NAS) Architecture. The NAS Architecture is a comprehensive plan 
for modernizing the NAS well into the 21st century through effective 
and efficient use of equipment, software, services, facilities, 
procedures, and resources.
    Version 2.0 represents a proposed NAS Architecture through the year 
2015. This proposed NAS Architecture is being coordinated within the 
FAA and with the entire aviation community with the goal of 
establishing a baseline NAS Architecture (Version 3.0) in 1997.
    In developing Version 2.0, the NAS architects faced the challenge 
of accommodating the forecasted increase in airspace usage while 
addressing the issues of an aging NAS infrastructure and shrinking 
Federal budgets. Version 2.0 strives to balance users' needs and the 
realities of technology and funding availability. This Architecture 
incorporates comments to the prior release (Version 1.5, issued in 
February 1996).
    For more information on Version 2.0, please visit the NAS 
Architecture Home Page (http://asd.orlab.faa.gov) or write to the 
Federal Aviation Administration, Office of System Architecture and 
Program Evaluation, ATTN: ASD-1, requesting the Version 2.0 document.
    A comment form is included in the Version 2.0 document. Feedback is 
encouraged. While the FAA cannot guarantee a response to each and every 
comment received, each comment that is received by December 16, 1996, 
will be considered in developing the next version of the NAS 
Architecture.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 1996.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 96-26823 Filed 10-17-96; 8:45 am]
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