Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA's Modernization Program (Fact Sheet,
04/15/94, GAO/RCED-94-167FS).

The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) modernization program, which
began in 1981, is a $36 billion dollar effort to modernize the nation's
air traffic control system by acquiring new equipment, such as radars,
computers, and communications systems.  This fact sheet (1) provides
background information on the air traffic control system and its
modernization; (2) discusses the status of the overall modernization
effort, emphasizing changes in cost estimates; (3) reviews in detail the
changes from 1993 to 1994 in the costs and schedules for 12 of the
largest projects, including the Advanced Automation System and the
Microwave Landing System; and (4) provides information on FAA's aviation
weather program, including cost and schedule data on two key weather
projects.

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 REPORTNUM:  RCED-94-167FS
     TITLE:  Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA's Modernization Program
      DATE:  04/15/94
   SUBJECT:  Air traffic control systems
             Airports
             Air traffic controllers
             Computerized information systems
             Cost analysis
             Navigation aids
             Radar equipment
             Safety regulation
             Transportation safety
             Regulatory agencies
IDENTIFIER:  FAA National Airspace System Plan
             FAA Capital Investment Plan
             Microwave Landing System
             FAA Advanced Automation System
             FAA Airport Surface Detection Equipment Radar
             FAA Mode S Surveillance System
             FAA Aviation Weather Products Generator
             FAA Integrated Terminal Weather System
             FAA Air Route Surveillance Radar-4
             FAA Airport Surveillance Radar Program
             FAA Automated Weather Observation System
             NWS Automated Surface Observing System
             FAA Central Weather Processor
             FAA Flight Service Automation System
             FAA Automated Terminal Doppler Radar Warning System
             FAA Voice Switching and Control System
             FAA Initial Sector Suite System
             NAVSTAR Global Positioning System
             GPS
             
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