Air Traffic Control

Improvements Needed In FAA's Management of Acquisitions Gao ID: T-RCED-93-36 May 5, 1993

Increases in air traffic have strained the capacity of the nation's air traffic control system. Aircraft operations increased by 40 percent during the last decade and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates that they will rise by another 30 percent in the next 20 years. To deal with increased demand on the air traffic control system and aging equipment, FAA launched a major effort in 1981--now called the Capital Investment Plan--to install new equipment, such as sophisticated radars, computers, and communications networks. This testimony describes problems with the modernization projects' costs and schedules, the causes of those problems, and the steps needed to strengthen FAA's acquisition process.



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