Download or read book Federal Aviation Administration s Acquisition of the Advanced Automation System written by Carl Palmer and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of Recent Developments in the Federal Aviation Administration s Advanced Automation System Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Download or read book Transportation written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) efforts to acquire a more automated air traffic control system, including: (1) the Advanced Automation System (AAS) computer hardware and software replacement program; (2) the Automated En Route Air Traffic Control (AERA) program; and (3) the Mode S program. GAO found that: (1) FAA will not perform some planned simulation tests of the advanced automated functions of AERA prior to including the specifications in the AAS acquisition contract; (2) FAA plans to test and validate AERA specifications are uncertain at this time; and (3) FAA lacked adequate information to make a sound and objective AAS production decision. GAO also found that: (1) FAA selected an acquisition strategy which called for concurrent full-scale development, testing, and production; (2) awarding the acquisition contract without adequately validating advanced automation functions could lead to higher costs, schedule delays, and deployment of a system that does not perform in an operational environment; (3) problems in developing test software prevented most of the simulation tests; and (4) FAA does not plan to complete development of the AAS or its subsystems or demonstrate system performance capabilities because it will base its acquisition decision on information the contractors develop during the design competition phase.
Download or read book Transportation written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO discussed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) plans to modernize its air traffic control computer system. GAO noted that FAA plans to acquire the Advanced Automation System (AAS) to: (1) increase controller productivity; (2) reduce its operating costs; (3) save fuel and passenger time; and (4) replace its aging air traffic control computer systems. GAO also noted that the FAA proposal for implementing AAS: (1) involved closing 180 terminal control facilities and moving their functions to 23 large centers; (2) did not fully analyze or properly compare a range of alternatives for AAS program elements; (3) had disadvantages in terms of increased vulnerability to loss of services in the event of catastrophe, personnel relocation problems, and the need for additional controllers during transitions from old to new facilities; and (4) used an unsound methodology to estimate AAS benefits. In addition, GAO noted that an alternative proposal involving replacement of equipment and new workstations: (1) reduced costs by over $750 million; and (2) alleviated many of the FAA proposal disadvantages. GAO believes that FAA should: (1) not award the multi-billion dollar AAS contract until it has identified the number and types of equipment necessary for a non-consolidation approach; and (2) fully analyze other terminal control facility alternatives.
Download or read book Air Traffic Control written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) plans to acquire the Advanced Automation System (AAS), focusing on FAA compliance with congressional direction to: (1) obtain more technical information and modify test plans before awarding the AAS acquisition contract; and (2) conduct a cost-benefit study. GAO found that FAA complied with congressional direction to obtain more technical information regarding AAS by: (1) directing design contractors to perform risk-reduction activities and demonstrate how their chosen hardware and software technologies would meet performance requirements; (2) requiring the completion of additional tests before authorizing full controller work station production; and (3) reviewing the need to simulate advanced en route automation functions and deciding not to simulate them before awarding the contract. GAO also found that the FAA cost-benefit study: (1) stated that modernizing the air traffic control computer system was a good investment; (2) concluded that the most cost-beneficial approach was to close about 180 terminal control facilities and consolidate their functions at 23 large centers; (3) did not fully analyze or properly compare a full range of alternatives, including nonconsolidation approaches, to its preferred system; (4) used an unsound methodology to estimate AAS benefits; (5) addressed potential safety improvements qualitatively; (6) estimated that AAS contract costs could total about $3.3 billion, $1.7 billion less than an independent cost analysis estimated; and (7) did not successfully control AAS design costs and opposed suggestions to adopt a design-to-cost goal to help control costs.
Download or read book Federal Aviation Administration Research and Acquisition Management written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Technology and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Delays Technical Problems and Cost Escalation in the Federal Aviation Administration s Advanced Automation System written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Interim Observations on FAA s Plans for Major Systems Acquisitions written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided observations on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) acquisition of computer systems, focusing on: (1) technical risks of the new host computer system and their potential impact on program performance and milestones; (2) the desirability of full-scale acquisition of the Mode S system; and (3) the adequacy of the overall design and acquisition strategy for the Advanced Automation System (AAS). FAA is developing and acquiring a new host computer system to accommodate several long-term functional improvements in its air traffic control (ATC) systems. The project involves transferring existing software to modern computers, which is known as re-hosting software to a host computer. GAO believes that FAA: (1) may have underestimated the technical complexity of re-hosting software; and (2) is not planning to adequately test and evaluate software changes to ensure software reliability. The Mode S system is a secondary surveillance radar and computer-to-cockpit data link that may not become available until the early 1990's. GAO noted: (1) that several promising alternatives may become available before Mode S, and that such alternatives may offer better coverage, accuracy, and capacity than Mode S, at a lower cost to FAA; and (2) concerns that the extent to which Mode S will improve current ATC systems will not justify the investment in Mode S. AAS is intended to provide FAA with the computer capability to handle the expected increase in air traffic in the future. GAO believes that FAA may be proceeding with AAS system design efforts without fully defining the functional requirements for the system and noted certain inadequacies in the solicitation for potential system design contractors that was issued by FAA.
Download or read book The Federal Aviation Administration Plan for Research Engineering and Development written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of Recent Developments in the Federal Aviation Administration s Advanced Automation System Program written by United States Congress and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-28 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Review of Recent Developments in the Federal Aviation Administration's Advanced Automation System Program: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Aviation of the Committee on Public Works and Transportation, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session; April 13, 1994 The Subcommittee will receive testimony on the continuing problems associated with the Federal Aviation Administration Advanced Automation System (aas) program. Hearings held in March 1993 reviewed problems in the program and what the faa and its contractor, ibm Federal Systems Corporation, were doing to rectify those problems. Much has transpired since those hearings, hardly any of which could be. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Review of Recent Developments in the Federal Aviation Administration s Advanced Automation System Program written by United States. Congress. House Aviation and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book Advanced Automation System written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GAO discussed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Advanced Automation System (AAS), focusing on the: (1) problems confronting AAS; (1) causes of AAS schedule delays and cost increases; and (3) changes affecting AAS. GAO noted that: (1) serious cost and schedule difficulties have affected AAS despite several FAA management initiatives; (2) an overly ambitious development plan, inadequate oversight of software development, and changing system requirements have led to AAS cost and schedule problems; (3) FAA has not provided adequate oversight of contractor performance during initial development of a key system component; (4) FAA has been indecisive in resolving some issues about AAS basic requirements; (5) although FAA and the contractor have made some progress in developing a system that meets FAA requirements, the system is still experiencing technical difficulties; (6) FAA will need an additional $100 million for a redesigned system component because of changing requirements; (7) FAA plans to procure about 170 automated systems, at a cost of $350 million, to support the terminal facilities that will not be consolidated under AAS; and (8) AAS will impose major demands on upcoming FAA budgets.
Download or read book Advanced Automation Program written by FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON DC OFFICE OF AIRPORTS PROGRAMS. and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Program Master Plan describes the approach to be used for implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration Advanced Automation Program. It presents the program mission needs and objectives, and describes the technical plan, management approach, acquisition strategy, contractor support program schedule, and funding plan for implementation of the program. Accordingly, it is the top level program document, stating FAA plans and policies for program execution. It will be supplemented by supporting documents that define the specific plans and mechanisms for program management, implementation, transition and control. (Author).
Download or read book Advanced Automation Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Program Master Plan describes the approach to be used for implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration Advanced Automation Program. It presents the program mission needs and objectives, and describes the technical plan, management approach, acquisition strategy, contractor support program schedule, and funding plan for implementation of the program. Accordingly, it is the top level program document, stating FAA plans and policies for program execution. It will be supplemented by supporting documents that define the specific plans and mechanisms for program management, implementation, transition and control. (Author).
Download or read book Air Traffic Control Status of FAA s Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System Project written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversees the largest, busiest, and most complex air traffic control system in the world. However, components of the system are aging and are difficult and costly to maintain. FAA projects that it cannot meet projected traffic increases and make required safety and efficiency enhancements without replacing equipment. Since the early 1980s, FAA'S modernization efforts have experienced lengthy schedule delays and substantial cost overruns. Because of such problems, in 1994, FAA restructured its acquisition of the Advanced Automation System-the long-time centerpiece of its air traffic control modernization program-into more manageable segments. One of these segments is called the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) project. This project is expected to replace 15- to 25-year-old computers and related equipment used at FAA facilities that track aircraft in the airspace surrounding airports.' In September 1996, FAA contracted with Raytheon Corporation to develop, produce, and install STARS. Given FAA'S past schedule and cost problems and the significance of the STARS project, you asked us to examine FAA'S acquisition planning to date. Specifically, you asked us to determine to what extent (1) the schedule estimate for STARS is attainable and (2) cost estimates to make STARS operational are likely to change.
Download or read book FAA s Modernization Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book FAA Air Traffic Control Operations Concepts Volume 4 TAAS Terminal Advanced Automation System Terminal Controllers written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The submission updates Volume IV to the latest Acquisition Phase specification for Terminal Advanced Automation System (TAAS), and includes corrections and improvements as necessary. This volume is one of a series of operations concepts for the FAA's Advanced Automation System (AAS). It describes how terminal controllers in TRACON facilities may perform their operational jobs in the Terminal Advanced Automation System (TAAS) environment. TAAS functionality is assumed to be as described in the AAS System Level Specification,28 August 1987. Included here are: Composition Graphs, showing the logical flow of operational tasks performed in response to or anticipation of external Air Traffic Events; a series of analyses of these tasks, including Task Information Requirements, Cognitive/Sensory Attributes, and Performance Criteria; a User Interface Language aggregating system input and output messages in a hierarchical organization; decomposition of tasks to their constituent procedural elements; traceability between tasks and supporting TAAS functionality; and sample operational scenarios for terminal positions. Data presented here are generated and maintained using the Computer-Human Operational Requirements Analysis System (CHORAS). CHORAS includes an automated task data base, specialized graphing capabilities, and display and hard copy output features tailored to the needs of operations concept analysis. Keywords: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Task analysis, Operational scenarios, Composition graphs, Man machine interface.
