Download or read book Issues Related to Faa s Modernization of the Air Traffic Control System written by United States Accounting Office (GAO) and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-27 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Issues Related to FAA's Modernization of the Air Traffic Control System

Download or read book Air Traffic Control written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Issues Related to FAA s Modernization of the Air Traffic Control System written by Kenneth M. Mead and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Air Traffic Control written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1995-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fed. Aviation Admin. began to modernize the ATC system in 1981 under a 10-year $12 billion program that comprised 80 projects. In 1991, the modernization effort was redefined incorporating the original projects and about 150 additional ones. Currently, the program is estimated to cost $32.8 billion through the year 2000 and will require an additional $1.3 billion for 2001. This report provides information on the status of modernization of the ATC system. Also contains information on overall costs of air traffic control modernization. Tables.

Download or read book Air Traffic Control written by Cristina Garner and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) provides air traffic control (ATC) services within U.S. and certain international airspace. U.S. airspace is the most expansive in the world, covering roughly 30.2 million square miles that make up more than more than 17 percent of the world's airspace.3 Within that airspace, FAA air traffic controllers handle roughly 50,000 operations daily.4 As the demands on the air traffic system have changed over time, Congress and several presidential administrations have sought reforms to improve safety and efficiency and to accelerate modernization projects. Over the past two decades, U.S. aviation stakeholders have debated whether the FAA should be the entity in the United States that operates and modernizes the ATC system. During this period, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported on challenges FAA has faced in operating and modernizing the ATC system. FAA reorganized several times in attempts to improve its performance and implement an initiative to modernize the ATC system, known as NextGen. Recent budgetary pressures have rekindled industry debate about FAA's efficiency in operating and modernizing the ATC system. This book provides perspectives from a wide range of stakeholders on the performance of the ATC system and the NextGen modernization initiative and any challenges FAA may face in managing these activities and potential changes that could improve the performance of the ATC system, including the NextGen modernization initiative.

Download or read book Air Traffic Control Modernization written by Slade Gorton and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2000-07 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Senate hearing on the modernization program of the air traffic control system, which has taken more than 15 years and consumed many billions of dollars. Witnesses: Senators Richard H. Bryan, Wendel H. Ford, Slade Gorton, and John McCain; Phil Boyer, pres., Aircraft Owner's and Pilots Assoc. (AOPA) Legislative Action; Gerald L. Dillingham, Ph.D., Associate Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Div., General Accounting Office; Jane Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); and Margaret T. Jenny, director, airline business and operations analysis, U.S. Airways.

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 status of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) National Airspace System Plan. GAO noted that: (1) 12 projects that the Department of Transportation considered crucial to the plan's success were experiencing major implementation delays; (2) FAA was not following established guidelines for reviewing each acquisition phase to reduce cost overruns, schedule delays, performance problems, and premature production; (3) FAA did not have an independent test group to ensure unbiased system evaluation and testing; (4) because project delays and new requirements have expanded the plan's original scope, modernization costs will total an estimated $27 billion, more than double the initial FAA projection; (5) in November 1988, FAA revised the plan to include new requirements, but still needed to set project priorities; (6) FAA needed to determine how to finance higher modernization costs and how increasing financial reliance on the modernization trust fund will affect user fees and modernization activities; (7) expanded FAA use of support contractors may affect the role of the prime contractor in integrating modernization projects; (8) inadequate regional management information systems and a lack of well-defined requirements and time frames were causing major field implementation problems; and (9) FAA was experiencing difficulties with integrating new technology into hazardous weather detection operations.

Download or read book National Airspace System FAA has made progress but continues to face challenges in acquiring major air traffic control systems report to congressional requesters written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Status of the Federal Aviation Administration s Air Traffic Control Modernization Programs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Air Traffic Control Status of FAA s Modernization Program written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In late 1981, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a modernization program to replace and upgrade the National Airspace System's (NAS) equipment and facilities to meet the expected increase in traffic volume, enhance the margin of air safety, and increase the efficiency of the air traffic control system-the principal component of the NAS. historically, the modernization program has experienced many problems in meeting cost, schedule, and performance goals. As a result, many of the promised benefits from using new equipment have been delayed, and the aviation community's confidence in FAA'S ability to manage the modernization program has been weakened. Because of the complexity, cost, and problem-plagued past of FAA'S modernization program, we designated it a high-risk information technology initiative in 1995 and again in 1997.' In light of past problems and continuing concerns about key projects being funded under this program, you asked us to provide current information on the status of the modernization program. As agreed with your offices, this report provides information on the (1) status of the overall modernization program, including its cost; (2) status of 18 key modernization projects; and (3) challenges facing the overall modernization program. (See app. I for specific information on these 18 projects. A listing of projects completed from 1983 through August 1998 is included in app. II.).

Download or read book National Airspace System experts views on improving the U S Air Traffic Control Modernization program GAO panel written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book FAA s Facilities and Equipment Account and Air Traffic Control Modernization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book FAA Air Traffic Control Computer Modernization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Transportation, Aviation, and Materials and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book National airspace system progress and ongoing challenges for the Air Traffic Organization testimony before the Subcommittee on Aviation Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure House of Representatives written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Air Traffic Control System Modernization written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO discussed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) program to modernize its National Airspace System (NAS), focusing on: (1) the status of key modernization projects; (2) FAA's actions to implement recommendations to correct modernization problems; and (3) the opportunities and challenges facing FAA as it embarks upon its new modernization approach. GAO noted that: (1) since 1982, Congress has appropriated over $25 billion to the modernization program; (2) while FAA has fielded some equipment, historically, the agency has experienced considerable difficulty in delivering systems with promised cost and schedule parameters; (3) as a result, FAA has been forced to implement costly interim projects; (4) meanwhile, two key systems--the Wide Area Augmentation System and the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System--have encountered cost increases and schedule delays; (5) GAO's work has pinpointed the root causes of FAA's modernization problems and has recommended actions to overcome them; (6) most recently, GAO found shortcomings in the areas of systems architecture or the overall modernization blueprint, cost estimating and accounting, software acquisition, and organizational culture; (7) although FAA has begun to implement many of GAO's recommendations, sustained management attention is required to improve the management of the modernization program; (8) FAA is collaborating with and seeking commitment from users in developing a new approach to make the modernization less costly and to provide earlier user benefits; (9) the challenge for FAA is to have disciplined processes in place in order to deliver projects as promised; and (10) FAA will also need to quickly address the looming year 2000 computer crisis to ensure that critical air traffic control systems do not malfunction or produce inaccurate information simply because the date has changed.