Industry Day 2 Briefings.pdf

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On average, 45,000 flights are handled daily by FAA Air Traffic Controllers.

TYPICAL DAY IN THE NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS)

NAS TECHNICAL LANDSCAPE

TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PROVIDER STRUCTURE

Telecommunications Local Access and Transport Area (LATA) Map

• FAA has over 200 telecommunications service providers supporting its network infrastructure.

• Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) provide local telecommunications services within a specific geographic area called a Local Access and Transport Area (LATA).

Site Status Complete

Not complete

• Over 4,600 NAS sites with more than 30,000 services must be transitioned off Time- Division Multiplexing (TDM) technology.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE REPLACEMENT (TIR)

Ashton Peak, ID Air Route Surveillance Radar (ARSR)

(Island Park)

Black Metal Peak Remote Communications Outlet (RCO)

(Parker Dam) - AZ/CA Border

UNSTAFFED REMOTE SITES

• The FAA will use multiple technologies to achieve the best performing, most secure network.

Replacing Copper Wire (TDM) ‒ Limited Continuity ‒ Increasing Outages ‒ Rising Costs

New Fiber Connections

New Satellite Solutions Wireless Solutions

MODERNIZING TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE

SIMPLIFIED VOICE COMMUNICATION PATH

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AGENDA

• NAS Communication Infrastructure Systems

• NEXCOM Phase 3 Radio

• Voice Over IP Communications Enterprise (VoICE) Communication

Systems (VCS)

• Challenges

• Looking Ahead

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WHAT IS AN A/G VOICE

COMMUNICATIONS RADIO?

• In Air Traffic communication, a voice radio is a specialized radio system used to enable real-time, two-way voice communication between pilots and air traffic controllers (ATC) over designated aviation frequencies.

• Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice communications between pilot and controller rely upon forty-two thousand FAA-owned Very High Frequency (VHF) and Ultra High Frequency (UHF) radios deployed throughout the National Airspace System (NAS).

AIR /GROUND VOICE COMMUNICATIONS

42,000 Radios Very high frequency (VHF) & Ultra High Frequency (UHF) Transmitters, Receivers, and Transceivers

741 RCAGs Remote Communications Air/Ground

13 SSOs Self Sustaining Outlets

612 BUECs, 119 ECSs, 521 TCEs Back Up Emergency Communications, Emergency Communications Systems, Emergency Transceivers

1460 RCOs Remote Communications Outlet

1503 RTRs Remote Transmitter Receiver

Remote Radio Communication Facilities in the National Airspace System (NAS) & Locations

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NEXCOM PHASE 3 ACQUISITION OVERVIEW

• The NEXCOM Phase 3 objective is to address a supportability issue with the legacy VHF/UHF V1 radio set deployed in earlier NEXCOM segments.

• NEXCOM Phase 3 will replace V1 radios with new V3 VoIP capable radios.

• Standardization of radios throughout NAS

• While primarily addressing a safety, supportability, and maintenance concerns, the VoIP capable radios will provide a harmonized common international standard (ED-137C) to the NAS (Terminal and Enroute).

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WHAT IS A VOICE SWITCH?

• A voice switch is the primary interface that allows Air Traffic controllers to access and use air-to-ground and ground-to-ground communications resources (i.e., radios and telephone lines).

Current voice switches only support ANALOG communication interfaces

Air Traffic Control uses voice switches as their main communication interface

Over 450+ voice switches support the NAS; the oldest was deployed in the 1990s

VOICE SWITCHES IN THE NAS

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WHY ARE VOICE SWITCHES IMPORTANT?

• Voice Switches are categorized as:

Safety Critical - A key service in the protection of human life.

Loss of a Safety-Critical service increases the risk in the loss of human life.

Mission Critical - Services that provide the NAS the capability to exercise safe separation and control over aircraft.

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LEGACY VOICE SWITCH MAP

En Route

Large Terminal

Medium Terminal

Small Terminal

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Quantity includes supports systems and mobile towers

31-35 yrs 26-30 yrs 21-25 yrs 16-20 yrs 11-15 yrs 6-10 yrs ≤ 5 yrs Small 40 88 111 82 55 18 13 Medium 2 12 22 8 6 4 1 Large 21

Q ua nt ity

Legacy Voice Switch Age vs Size Data Quantity of System Age vs Size

Large Medium Small

LEGACY VOICE SWITCH INVENTORY

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VOICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

ACQUISITION

Voice over IP Communication Enterprise (VoICE) Communication Systems (VCS) program will replace aging voice switching core infrastructure at:

• Airport Traffic Control Towers (ATCTs)

• Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facilities

• Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCC)

With a modern and supportable Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) enabled, flexible networked voice communication system.

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VoICE PROCUREMENTS

• Air-to-Ground Protocol Converter (APC)

• The APC will replace all existing legacy Radio Control Equipment (RCE) units in the NAS to address obsolescence and end of life (EOL) issues

• Will interface with both legacy analog and IP voice switches

• VoICE Communication Systems (VCS)

• Procurements for native IP voice communication systems to replace the voice switches at Towers, TRACONs, and ARTCCs.

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CHALLENGES

• Funding

• Required to accelerate deployment

• Qualified Deployment Resources (People)

• Supply Chain

• Training Conduct

• Availability of IP Services

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LOOKING AHEAD

• Implement end-to-end IP communications by 2028.

• Integrator will work with communication infrastructure program offices and existing system vendors in accomplishing this goal

Questions

Deploys and sustains the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS). STARS is used by Air Traffic Controllers to ensure the safe separation of both military and civilian aircraft within the nation’s terminal airspace.

Terminal Automation Modernization & Replacement (TAMR) Manages the Advanced

Technologies and Oceanic Procedures System (ATOP) which supports the delivery of air traffic services in the oceanic airspace.

This also manages the replacement of all offshore site legacy systems through the Offshore Automation (OA) program.

Oceanic/Offshore Automation

Sustains and enhances the main automation program and suite of technologies used by Air Traffic Controllers in en route airspace for the provision of safe separation services of aircraft.

En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM)

The FAA has multiple automation systems air traffic controllers use to provide safe and efficient separation services in the NAS across the Terminal, En-Route, and Oceanic domains.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AUTOMATION SYSTEMS

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/stars.html https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/stars.html https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/stars.html

In addition to Air Traffic Automation, the FAA modernizes and maintains a range of traffic flow management services in the NAS characterized here.

Improves situational awareness and enhances surface efficiency by implementing electronic flight strips and decision support tools that streamline the flow of departures from the gate to the runway.

Terminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM)

The ability to schedule aircraft within a stream of traffic to reach a defined constraint point (e.g., meter fix/meter arc) at specified times, creating a time-ordered sequence of traffic.

Time Based Flow Management (TBFM)

E-IDS will replace legacy Information Display Systems with an enterprise system that provides a single NAS baseline that establishes centralized data collection, management, and distribution of NAS state information.

Enterprise Information Display System (E-IDS)

Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) is the primary tool suite that manages the flow of aircraft across the NAS. This will be replaced by the Flow Management Data & Services (FMDS) program, a more modern, robust, and scalable set of technologies to meet the growing demands on the NAS.

Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) + Flow Management Data & Services (FMDS)

Established to support integrating space operations into the NAS.

Currently the Space Integration Office is managing two efforts: Space Data Integrator (SDI) Minimal Viable Product operational prototype, and NAS Space Integration Capabilities (NSIC) investment.

Space Integration (SI)

NAS AIR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT &

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS

https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/tfdm.html https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/tfdm.html https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/tbfm.html https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/tbfm.html https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/e-ids.html https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ang/offices/tc/library/Storyboard/detailedwebpages/tfms.html https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/space-data-integrator-sdi-0 https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/space-data-integrator-sdi-0

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TFMS Traffic Flow Management System FMDS Flow Management Data & Services TBFM Time Based Flow Management

TFDM Terminal Flight Data Manager DOTS+ Dynamic Ocean Tracking System+ DSP Departure Sequencing Program

SDI Space Data Integrator ARMT Airport Resource Management Tool AEFS Advanced Electronic Flight Strips

Flow Management

FDIO Flight Data Input Output SAPT Service Availability Prediction Tool Abacus EDDS En Route Data Distribution System

ERIDS En Route Automation Display Subsystem IDSR Integrated Display System Replacement E-IDS Enterprise Information Display System ECG En Route Communications Gateway

NAS Support VSAS Video Surveillance Advisory System POP Proxy Offload Program EFSTS Electronic Flight Strip Transfer System Countops Count Operations Automation APM ADS-B Performance Monitor

SUPPORTING

ALL PHASES

OF FLIGHT

OFDPS Offshore Flight Data Processing System FDPS Flight Data Processing System MEARTS Micro-En Route Automated Radar Tracking System

ERAM En-Route Automation Modernization ATOP Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures STARS Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System

Separation Management

TERMINAL OPERATION SYSTEMS MAP

Auto Eng

AEFS Efficiency 1

ARMT Efficiency 33

CountOps MS Support 422

EFSTS Efficiency 80

TFDM Efficiency 10

VSAS Safety 1

STARS

STARS Safety 835

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AJM-25 Operational Systems Map

Oceanic [35] ATOP Safety 3 OFDPS Safety 1 FDPS Safety 1 MEARTS Safety 4 DOTS Efficiency 4 RAPPI (LBR) Efficiency 2

En Route [88] ERAM (DATACOMM) Safety 20 ECG/RAPPI Safety 22 ERIDS Efficiency 22 EDDS Efficiency 22 APM Efficiency 1 SAPT Efficiency 1

En Route / Terminal [1060] FDIO Safety 698 TBFM Efficiency 145 TFMS Efficiency 108 DSP Efficiency 13 IDSR Efficiency 96

EN ROUTE & OCEANIC OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS MAP

COMMON AUTOMATION EVOLUTION

COMMON AUTOMATION EVOLUTION

Open, Adaptive, Scalable and Evolvable solutions

Automation that Increases productivity and performance for operations today and the future

Integrated and orchestrated systems and operations

Built in Safety and Security

Lower total cost of ownership and sustainment

Increase efficiencies in the delivery, operations and sustainment of NAS automation systems.

Provide flexible, integrated solutions to support the safety and efficiency of the NAS.

Expectations

CHALLENGES EXAMPLES

Implementation

• Many facilities and installations that might have to occur in operational facilities without interruption.

• Possibly high levels of integration with existing systems, services and capabilities.

Training

• Introducing and training our Controllers and Support organizations on new systems.

• Embed automated testing and deployment throughout the process vs. incremental testing of major software deliveries

SURVEILLANCE SERVICES INDUSTRY WEEK

• FAA Surveillance Overview

• New Air Traffic Control System Summary

• Airborne Cooperative & Non-Cooperative Surveillance

Replacement

• Surface Movement Radar Replacement

• Surface Awareness Initiative Deployment

• FAA Surveillance Vision & Opportunity

• FAA Surveillance Challenges

BRAND NEW AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM |

SURVEILLANCE SUMMARY

Source: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Brand New Air Traffic Control System Summary.pdf

Airborne Surveillance Description: Full replacement of the cooperative (beacon) and non-cooperative surveillance. Moving from 14 different configurations to 2 new product lines.

Replacement of 612 Radars at existing facilities.

Surface Surveillance Description: Full replacement of the non-cooperative surface movement radars.

Moving from 2 different configurations to 1. Replacement of 53 SMRs at existing facilities.

Surface Awareness Initiative Description: Deployment to 200 additional airports for surface awareness.

The FAA envisions utilizing existing infrastructure to the greatest extent possible.

https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/2025-05/Brand%20New%20Air%20Traffic%20Control%20System%20Summary.pdf

FAA SURVEILLANCE OVERVIEW

FAA Surveillance Services provide air traffic control and aircraft operators the situational awareness needed for safe and efficient use of the National Airspace System (NAS).

• Flight Planning

• Separation Assurance

• Weather Advisory

• Traffic Management Synchronization

• Traffic Management Strategic Flow

FAA SURVEILLANCE SERVICES IN THE NAS

• Air Traffic Services are provided by Controllers who rely on various systems to safely and efficiently guide aircraft from gate to gate, and in doing so, transitioning from different airspace domains (Surface, Terminal and En-Route).

• Surveillance services supports situational awareness across all airspace domains (Surface, Terminal and En- Route).

FAA by the Numbers

• 16,405,000 flights handled by the

FAA yearly

• 45,000 average daily flights handled by the FAA

• 5,400 aircraft in the sky at peak time

• Aviation contributed 5.2% of the U.S.

gross domestic product (GDP)

• $488 Billion annual earnings from aviation https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/by_the_numbers/ https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/by_the_numbers/

FAA SURVEILLANCE SERVICE DOMAINS

Surface Domain

• Includes detecting aircraft and ground vehicles on the airports surface movement area (i.e., runways and taxiways), and aircraft on arrival and departure routes.

• Controllers are in the airport traffic control tower (ATCT).

Terminal Domain

• Aircraft operating in the terminal's airspace,

• From the surface to 10,000 AGL, and 30 NM around the tower

• Terminal space is usually shaped like an upside down “wedding cake”

• Class B, C, and D airspace

• Controllers typically located in a Terminal Radar Approach Control

(TRACON) facility

Surface Domain

Terminal Domain

FAA SURVEILLANCE SERVICE DOMAINS

En Route Domain

• Predominantly manages aircraft flying between 18,000 and 60,000 MSL (Class A) and below where applicable

ARTCC’s Air Routes in the Caribbean

FAA SURVEILLANCE

Requires both cooperative and non-cooperative surveillance Non-Cooperative Surveillance – Determines an aircraft’s position independently, without the use of on-board avionics.

• Track aircraft not equipped with avionics or with failed avionics

• Provide weather information to air traffic control Cooperative Surveillance - Requires avionics on board the aircraft that work in coordination with ground-based systems to determine the aircraft position, altitude, and identity.

• Supplements ADS-B in rule airspace

• Provides surveillance for aircraft outside of rule airspace

• Radar reinforcement / validation

FAA SURVEILLANCE OVERVIEW

CURRENT FAA SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS |

SCOPE OF REPLACEMENT

Non-Cooperative Surveillance Cooperative Surveillance

In Operation Scope of Replacement

Airport Surveillance Radar

(ASR- 8)

NEW Airborne Surveillance Radars

Airport Surveillance Radar

(ASR- 9)

NEW Airborne Surveillance Radars

Airport Surveillance Radar

(ASR- 11)

NEW Airborne Surveillance Radars

Airport Surface Detection Equipment-Model 3(ASDE-3)

NEW Surface Movement Radar

Surface Movement Radar- Improved (SMRi)

NEW Surface Movement Radar

In Operation Scope of Replacement

Beacon Interrogators

(BI-5)

NEW Airborne Surveillance Radars

Beacon Interrogators

(BI-6)

NEW Airborne Surveillance Radars

Mode S System NEW Airborne Surveillance Radars

ASR-11 Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radar

(MSSR)

NEW Airborne Surveillance Radars

FAA AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE | SITE MAP

There are currently 386 FAA airborne surveillance sites in the National Airspace

System

FAA AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE

ASR-8 (1975)

ASR-9 (1985)

ASR-11 (2003)

https://sep.faa.gov/system/detail/133

FAA AIRBORNE SURVEILLANCE | INVENTORY &

CONFIGURATIONS

MSSR (69)

ASR-11 (69)

ATCBI-5 (26)

ASR-8 (26)

ATCBI-5 (19)

ASR-9 (19)

ATCBI-6M (5)

ATCBI-6M (10)

ARSR (DoD)

ATCBI-6M (3)

CARSR (DoD)

ATCBI-6 (55)

CARSR (DoD)

MODE S (21)

CARSR (DoD)

ATCBI-6M IFF (34)

ARSR (DoD)

MODE S (4)ATCBI-6 (27)

MODE S (10)

ASR-8 (10)

MODE S (102)

ASR-9 (102)

ATCBI-5 (1)

Integrated Cooperative & Non-Cooperative – 5 Configurations

Cooperative Only – 4 Configurations

Cooperative co-located w/DoD Non-Cooperative – 5 Configurations Cooperative

Solution

Integrated (Cooperative &

Non-Cooperative)

Non-Cooperative Solution

Cooperative Solution

Integrated (Cooperative &

Non-Cooperative)

Non-Cooperative Solution

New Product Lines

O pp or tu ni ty

FAA SURFACE SURVEILLANCE

• Surface Surveillance Systems o Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X) o Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) o Situational Awareness Initiative (SAI)

• Increase situational awareness across the airport's movement areas and provides conflict alerting for controllers in the Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT)

FAA SURFACE SURVEILLANCE SITE MAP

Surveillance Services Industry Week

FAA SURFACE SURVEILLANCE | CURRENT STATE

The FAA has two surface surveillance systems in the National Airspace System (NAS):

o ASDE-X: Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X.

35 airports deployed (2003-2011) o ASSC: Airport Surface Surveillance Capability.

9 airports deployed (2016-2023)

ASDE-X/ASSC systems increase runway safety by providing the following to Air Traffic Control (ATC):

o Display of position, movement, and relative location of aircraft and ground vehicles.

o Aural and visual safety alerts of potential runway collision situations

Surface Awareness Initiative (SAI) is an additional tool that expands surface situational awareness for ATC at airports without existing surface surveillance capabilities.

o 18 airports deployed (February 2025)

These services are crucial at night and during periods of low visibility.

FAA SURFACE MOVEMENT RADAR | SCOPE OF

REPLACEMENT

Surface Movement Radar (SMR) Overview

• The SMR is a critical subsystem to the ASDE/ASSC system.

• One of several sensors that feed ASDE-X/ASSC systems.

• Provides non-cooperative surveillance of taxiways and runways.

Scope of Replacement

• Remove and replace 53 SMRs currently deployed at 44 Airports and support facilities, as a subsystem of either ASDE-X or an ASSC surface surveillance system.

• 31 ASDE-3 SMRs deployed at 18 ASDE-X and nine (9) ASSC airports.

• 3 ASDE-3 SMRs installed as support systems at the Academy

(AMA), Logistics Center (FAALC), and the Program Support Facility

(PSF)

• 19 Surface Movement Radar - Improved (SMRi) SMRs deployed at 17 ASDE-X airports.

The SMR consists of an antenna, motor, transceivers, and radar data processor

SURVEILLANCE AWARENESS INITIATIVE (SAI) |

OVERVIEW

Goal: Deploy cost-effective solutions that display airport surface traffic to ATC in towers at airports that do not currently have a surface surveillance system.

Status: As of February 28, 2025, SAI is currently operational at 18 airports.

Next Steps:

• SAI awarded 32 additional sites and plans to have these sites operational by December 31, 2025.

• Total of 50 SAI sites will be operational by end of CY2025.

• Deployment to 200 additional airports for surface awareness SAI Display at AUS shows traffic on airport surface area

SAI is a situational awareness aid that displays airport surface traffic to ATC in towers using Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) target data.

FAA SURVEILLANCE VISION AND

OPPORTUNITIES

Vision

• Surveillance service and network that is flexible, scalable and resilient

• Optimized surveillance sensors complementing airspace management

• Efficient surveillance infrastructure, operations and support

• Scalable to adopt emerging entrants

• Implementing a proactive cybersecurity framework

Opportunities

• Surveillance solution optimization of terminal, enroute and surface domains

• Radar Networking/Clustering

• DoD Collaboration

FAA SURVEILLANCE - CHALLENGES

• Safety

• Safety of Flight

• Safety of workforce

• Minimize Facility Impacts

• Implementing at a site with competing projects

(Facilities, Telco, Automation, etc.)

• Operations

• Scheduling of Outages

• Coordinating with ATC

• Certification of Service

Looking forward to industry engagement to realize the administrations priority of radar modernization.

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

AREA OF INTEREST: FACILITIES

Deploy 15 new ATCTs and co-located TRACONs

Timeline: FY25-FY28

ATCT/TRACON

To improve the flow of air traffic into the most complex airspace, the FAA is looking to pilot Best Equipped, Best Served at JFK and LGA.

New York Area

Starting in December 2025, aircraft must be equipped with a Multiple Aircraft Ramp System to fly into these two airports between 3 and 8pm.

Build six new state-of-the-art Air Traffic Control Centers for the first time since the 1960s, focusing on co-locating hard-to-staff and needed facilities

Timeline: FY25-FY28

ARTCC

Increased funding for air traffic control facilities is imperative to prevent the growth of the FAA’s facility sustainment backlog. Many ATCTs, TRACONs, and ARTCCs are deteriorating at alarming rates.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The FAA replaces, on average, one ATCT per year among the 377 FAA-owned towers in the agency’s inventory, resulting in a 300-year timeline for full replacement.

The FAA aims to significantly expedite this process, reducing the replacement timeline to a far more practical 80 years, translating to replacing 4 to 5 towers annually.

The FAA will also initiate planning and land acquisition for the replacement of the FAA’s 21 ARTCCs, which are an average of 63 years old.

These ARTCCs were placed throughout the NAS due to legacy technology limitations. These limitations are no longer an obstacle; therefore, the FAA can consolidate and reduce the number of ARTCCs.

National Airspace System Infrastructure Backlog

ARTCC Airspace and Locations

Fort Worth Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), 1961

Denver Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC)

Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC), 1962

New ATCT standard design

Francis Peak (Utah) Long Range RADAR

Francis Peak (Utah) Long Range RADAR