United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1994-04-15 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:RCED-94-167FS https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-167FS P0b002ee18037bab8 f:rc94167f DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-167FS machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-167FS RCED-94-167FS Air traffic control systems Airports Air traffic controllers Computerized information systems Cost analysis Navigation aids Radar equipment Safety regulation Transportation safety Regulatory agencies 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 Fact Sheet RCED 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. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-167FS/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-167FS.htm GAO/RCED-94-167FS https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-94-167FS Fact Sheet GAO/RCED-94-167FS; Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA's Modernization Program; Air traffic control systems Airports Air traffic controllers Computerized information systems Cost analysis Navigation aids Radar equipment Safety regulation Transportation safety Regulatory agencies 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