[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 203 (Friday, October 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 54486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26823]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice of Intent To Distribute and Request Comment on the
National Airspace System (NAS) Architecture Version 2.0
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
ACTION: Distribute and request comment on the NAS Architecture, Version
2.0.
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SUMMARY: The FAA Office of System Architecture and Program Evaluation
has developed a revised version of the NAS Architecture. This proposed
architecture, Version 2.0, is being formally coordinated with all
segments of the FAA and the aviation community. The FAA, therefore,
invites public comment.
DATE: Comments must be received on or before December 16, 1996.
ADDRESS: Comments may be mailed to: Federal Aviation Administration,
Office of System Architecture and Program Evaluation, ATTN: ASD-1, 800
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or sent by facsimile to
202/358-5434.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA Office of System Architecture and
Program Evaluation invites public comment on the National Airspace
System (NAS) Architecture. The NAS Architecture is a comprehensive plan
for modernizing the NAS well into the 21st century through effective
and efficient use of equipment, software, services, facilities,
procedures, and resources.
Version 2.0 represents a proposed NAS Architecture through the year
2015. This proposed NAS Architecture is being coordinated within the
FAA and with the entire aviation community with the goal of
establishing a baseline NAS Architecture (Version 3.0) in 1997.
In developing Version 2.0, the NAS architects faced the challenge
of accommodating the forecasted increase in airspace usage while
addressing the issues of an aging NAS infrastructure and shrinking
Federal budgets. Version 2.0 strives to balance users' needs and the
realities of technology and funding availability. This Architecture
incorporates comments to the prior release (Version 1.5, issued in
February 1996).
For more information on Version 2.0, please visit the NAS
Architecture Home Page (http://asd.orlab.faa.gov) or write to the
Federal Aviation Administration, Office of System Architecture and
Program Evaluation, ATTN: ASD-1, requesting the Version 2.0 document.
A comment form is included in the Version 2.0 document. Feedback is
encouraged. While the FAA cannot guarantee a response to each and every
comment received, each comment that is received by December 16, 1996,
will be considered in developing the next version of the NAS
Architecture.
Issued in Washington, DC, on October 11, 1996.
Janice L. Peters,
Designated Official.
[FR Doc. 96-26823 Filed 10-17-96; 8:45 am]
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