NPR reports that the United States federal government has approved a US$1 billion spending package to "begin modernizing the nation's air traffic control system." If you have Ebsco you can view a more detailed explanation of what those in the know call ADS-B (short for Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast). Wikipedia has a pretty extensive article on the matter as well.
I myself will remain skeptical of the claims that by modernization and consequent increases in capacity there will also be an improvement in on-time performance.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Feds to Stop Baller Blocking ATC
Labels:
Air Traffic Control,
Air Travel,
Airports,
Aviation,
Economic Factors,
GPS,
Logistics
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