Subject: [NEXTEL-1] FAA Declares New Airport Surveillance Radar Ready for National Deployment

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Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 00:47:16 -0400

FAA Press Release

Contact: Rebecca Trexler
Phone: 202-267-3883
APA 34-03
Date Posted: October 21, 2003

FAA Declares New Airport Surveillance Radar Ready for National Deployment

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department
of Transportation’s Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) announced today
the nationwide deployment of the first
all-digital airport radar system. The
Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR)-11
will replace older-generation analog
radars that are nearing the end of
their service life.

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

The ASR-11 performs better than the
old surveillance radars and provides
improved digital aircraft and weather
input needed by the FAA’s new air
traffic control automation systems,
such as STARS (Standard Terminal
Automation Replacement System). The
first ASR-11 went operational in March
at the Willow Grove, PA, Naval Air
Station, and has been providing radar
data to STARS at the Philadelphia
International Airport.

The ASR-11 is a joint FAA/Department
of Defense program. The FAA plans to
procure a total of 112 ASR-11s from
Raytheon of Lexington, MA, with
scheduled deployment completed in
2009. The FAA has procured 25 systems
since the contract was awarded in
December 1996.

http://www1.faa.gov/apa/pr/pr.cfm?id=1788

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