The purpose of this transition plan is to outline the optimum way to introduce the proposed microwave landing system (MLS) into the National Airspace System as the replacement for the existing instrument landing system (ILS). This document provides the foundation for a top management decision to proceed from research and development to implementation. To provide the required information the transition plan (1) documents the requirement for a precision approach system, (2) assesses benefits and costs of precision approach system alternatives (MLS and ILS), (3) outlines a Service Test and Evaluation Program, (4) analyzes the benefits and costs of ten alternative MLS implementation strategies, (5) describes public coordination, and (6) recommends a preferred three-phase MLS implementation strategy to be completed over a fifteen-year period. The total cost of this MLS implementation is estimated at $2.0 billion (1981 dollars): $1.1 billion for 1,250 ground systems to be funded by FAA's F&E Program and $0.9 billion for avionics to be funded by aviation users.


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    Title :

    Microwave Landing System Transition Plan


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    164 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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