National Airspace System : status of FAA's Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System

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• Alternative Title:
  Status of STARS Project
• Corporate Creators:
  National Airspace System (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Air traffic control facilities
  • Air traffic control
  • Advanced automation system (Air traffic control)
  • Air traffic control
  • Airports
  • Computer terminals
  • Congressional inquiries
  • Cost estimates
  • Deployment
  • Modernization
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO-02-1071
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Government Accountability Office
• Abstract:
  Comparing the currently projected cost and deployment schedule for ; STARS with the original cost and schedule is difficult because the program ; presently bears little resemblance to the program envisioned in 1996. At ; that time, FAA contracted with the Raytheon Corporation for a system ; using commercially available technology that could be deployed ; throughout the National Airspace System with very little software ; development. The plan was to install STARS in 172 facilities at a cost of ; $940 million with implementation to begin in 1998 and be completed in ; 2005. However, in 1997, when FAA controllers first tested an early version ; of this commercially available system, they raised some concerns about the ; way aircraft position and other data were displayed and updated on the controllers’ radar screens. For example, the controllers said the system did ; not provide enough detail about an aircraft’s position and movement, ; which could hamper their ability to monitor traffic movement. To address ; these concerns, as well as others identified by the technicians who ; maintain the system, FAA decided to develop a more customized system ; that is software dependent and to deploy an incremental approach, thereby ; enabling controllers and technicians to adjust to some changes before ; introducing others. Because this incremental approach requires more ; custom software than initially planned, it also costs more and is taking ; longer to implement than the original STARS project.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15508/dot_15508_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.03 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8cfa34bb1e6fd5c4141159b99f2f11ed863ebd44c59f309339cdb84db768e64196e838f79c4b6ea87128a26dfbb2eee0a70380bb02352f8e693933fde2cb2100