The Federal Aviation Administrations (FAA) multibillion-dollar effort to modernize the nations air traffic control (ATC) system has suffered from cost, schedule, and/or performance shortfalls in its system acquisitions for more than two decades and has been on our list of high risk programs since 1995. FAAs performance-based Air Traffic Organization (ATO) was created in February 2004, in part, to address these legacy challenges. In this report, GAO examined (1) FAAs experience in meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets for major ATC system acquisitions; (2) steps taken to address legacy problems with the program and additional steps needed; and (3) the potential impact of the constrained federal budget on this program.
National Airspace System: FAA Has Made Progress but Continues to Face Challenges in Acquiring Major Air Traffic Control Systems
2005
96 pages
Report
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Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Public Administration & Government , Air traffic control , Airspace management , Operations , Aircraft landing , Takeoff , Air navigation , Flight plans , Aviation safety , Air traffic controllers , Communication , Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) , Performance based management , National airspace system