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Air Traffic Control: Status of FAA's Modernization Program

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date April 15, 1994
Report No. RCED-94-167FS
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Summary:

The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) modernization program, which began in 1981, is a $36 billion dollar effort to modernize the nation's air traffic control system by acquiring new equipment, such as radars, computers, and communications systems. This fact sheet (1) provides background information on the air traffic control system and its modernization; (2) discusses the status of the overall modernization effort, emphasizing changes in cost estimates; (3) reviews in detail the changes from 1993 to 1994 in the costs and schedules for 12 of the largest projects, including the Advanced Automation System and the Microwave Landing System; and (4) provides information on FAA's aviation weather program, including cost and schedule data on two key weather projects.

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