Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System Project
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1997-03-01
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TRIS Online Accession Number:00740684
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NTL Classification:NTL-AVIATION-Air Traffic Control;NTL-AVIATION-Airports and Facilities;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Economics and Finance;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Planning and Policy;
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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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