Subject: [NEXTEL-1] FAA set to install digital radars nationwide

From: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:47:27 -0400

FAA set to install digital radars nationwide

By Mary Mosquera
GCN Staff

The first all-digital radar system is ready for
deployment to airports nationwide, the
Federal Aviation Administration said today.

The Airport Surveillance Radar-11 will replace
older-generation analog radars that are
nearing the end of their service life. FAA plans
to buy 112 ASR-11 system from contractor
Raytheon Co. and finish deploying them in
2009.

Digital radar is critical for a modern airspace
system, FAA administrator Marion Blakey
said. “The ASR-11 feeds more data more
reliably to air traffic control for greater safety and efficiency,” she said.

The ASR-11 systems provide improved input about aircraft and weather needed by
FAA’s new air
traffic control automation applications, such as the Standard Terminal Automation
Replacement
System (STARS).

To test the radars, FAA deployed them at two airports. The first ASR-11 went
operational in March at
the Naval Air Station in Willow Grove, Pa. Next, FAA installed a radar to provide
data to STARS at
the Philadelphia International Airport [see GCN story
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/22368-1.html].

http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/23933-1.html

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