In 1981, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a program to modernize the national airspace system and a primary component, the air traffic control (ATC) system. The ATC component of this program, which is designed to replace aging equipment and accommodate predicted growth in air traffic, has had difficulty for more than two decades in meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets. The performance-based Air Traffic Organization (ATO) was created in February 2004 to improve the management of the modernization effort. On October 7, 2004, GAO hosted a panel to discuss attempts to address the ATC modernization program's persistent problems. Participants discussed the factors that they believed have affected FAA's ability to acquire new ATC systems. Participants also identified steps that FAA's ATO could take in the short term to address these factors, as well as longer term steps that could be taken to improve the modernization program's chances of success and help the ATO achieve its mission.
National Airspace System: Experts' Views on Improving the U.S. Air Traffic Control Modernization Program
2005
50 pages
Report
No indication
English
Air Transportation , Transportation Safety , Public Administration & Government , Air traffic control , United States , Airspace management , Opertions , Aircraft landing , Modernization , Panelists , Funding , Air navigation , Aviation safety , Flight plans , Congressional reports , Air Traffic Organization
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