Air Traffic Control (ATF): Good Progress on Interim Replacement for Outage-Plagued System, But Risks Can Be Further Reduced
Author | : DIANE Publishing Company |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780788140730 |
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During the last year, certain Air Traffic Control centers have experienced a series of major outages, some of which were caused by the Display Channel Complex (DCC) -- a mainframe computer system that processes radar and other data into displayable images on controllers' screens. This report determines: the portion of the outages experienced at the 5 DCC-equipped en route centers that were attributable to DCC; whether DCC was meeting its system availability requirement; and FAA's projections of future DCC outages and availability. Charts and tables.