United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2003-10-30 monographic deposited born digital 25 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-227T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T P0b002ee180378558 f:d04227t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T GAO-04-227T Air traffic control systems Cost overruns Financial management systems General management reviews Information technology Internal controls Schedule slippages Human capital FAA Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System Testimony A08806 The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) air traffic control modernization (ATC) efforts are designed to enhance the safety, capacity, and efficiency of the national airspace system through the acquisition of a vast network of radar, navigation, communications, and information processing systems, as well as new air traffic control facilities. Since 1981, when these efforts began, FAA's ATC modernization projects have consistently experienced cost, schedule, and performance problems that GAO and others have attributed to systemic management issues. As a result, FAA's cost estimates have grown and planned improvements have been delayed. Initially FAA estimated that its ATC modernization efforts would cost $12 billion and could be completed over 10 years. Now, two decades and $35 billion later, FAA expects to need another $16 billion through 2007 to complete key projects, for a total cost of $51 billion. This testimony (1) provides an overview of the systemic management issues that GAO and others have identified in FAA's ATC modernization efforts over time, (2) discusses key actions that FAA and others have taken to address these issues, and (3) identifies the challenges that lie ahead for FAA. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T.pdf GAO-04-227T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-227T Testimony GAO-04-227T; Air Traffic Control: FAA's Modernization Efforts--Past, Present, and Future; Air traffic control systems Cost overruns Financial management systems General management reviews Information technology Internal controls Schedule slippages Human capital FAA Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System