Wed, Aug 17, 2011
Upgrades Laying The Ground Work For NextGen Air Traffic
Control
CSC, Computer Sciences Corporation, announced this week it has
successfully implemented a series of upgrades to the FAA's Traffic
Flow Management System (TFMS) in the first half of 2011. The
upgrades include two separate software releases improving the
performance and functionality of TFMS, and a successful transition
of the TFMS equipment to a new command center. Both upgrades are
part of a larger FAA effort to modernize traffic flow management in
preparation for deployment of the FAA’s NextGen ATC
initiatives. TFMS tracks, anticipates and manages the flow of air
traffic throughout US airspace.
"With these upgrades, the FAA can better predict traffic flow
demand, identify constraints, mitigate delays and maintain common
situational awareness," said Mike Gaffney, president of CSC’s
North American Public Sector Civil Group. "CSC is proud to support
FAA efforts to streamline aircraft flow management while reducing
flight delays and decreasing costs for the flying public and the
airlines."
The two software releases were completed in January and June of
this year and provide new functional enhancements for traffic
management coordinators to model the impacts of traffic on the
national airspace system, as well as new interfaces for eventual
NextGen applications. The latest release provides a significant
boost to computing performance, reducing average server loads
during peak traffic times.
In April, CSC successfully transitioned the TFMS remote site
from the Air Traffic Control System Command Center in Herndon, VA,
to the new command center in Vint Hill, VA. This relocation is also
part of a larger effort to modernize traffic flow. CSC says it was
completed on time, on budget and without any disruption in
day-to-day TFMS operations.
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