Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System Project

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air traffic control facilities
  • Computer networks
  • Modernization
  • Procurement
  • Cost estimating
  • Cost control
  • Cost accounting
  • Implementation schedule
  • Integrated Product Teams (IPT)
  • Raytheon Corporation
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/RCED-97-51
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1404028
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  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 Terminal Advanced Automation System 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, Congress requested the General Accounting Office 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. This is the GAO report to Congress.
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• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12539/dot_12539_DS1.pdf
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• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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