The Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) is a weather collection and display system that will be installed in Air Traffic Control Towers (ATCT). The system will be procured, installed, operated, and maintained by the National Weather Service (NWS) for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA). This plan outlines the FAA's operational evaluation of the preproduction ASOS systems. Two companies, Magnavox and AAI Corporation, are under contract to develop the ASOS. The FAA will evaluate the Magnavox system at the Wichita ATCT and AAI's system at the Tulsa ATCT. The 6-week evaluations of each system will be the only FAA operational test of the ASOS. Data will be collected via questionnaires completed by Air Traffic Control Specialists (ATCS) at both sites and ATCSs brought in from other sites to assess the system. The results of the evaluation will be used for consideration in the production contract award and for making any necessary changes to the system.
Plan for the FAA Air Traffic Operational Evaluation of the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS)
1989
26 pages
Report
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English