DULLES, Va.,
Jan. 14, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was selected by the Federal Aviation
Administration to improve the usability and reduce operational
costs for the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System. The
modernization of STARS is critical to ensuring the national
airspace continues to stay safe.
"We want air traffic controllers to have the best tools
available to manage the increasingly complex airspace around our
airports," said Dave Wajsgras,
president of Raytheon Intelligence, Information and
Services.
STARS is used by air traffic controllers across the U.S.
to provide safe and efficient aircraft spacing and sequencing
guidance for more than 40,000 departing and arriving aircraft daily
at more than 600 civilian and military airports.
"In partnership with the FAA, our STARS program has been
deployed at 11 of the largest Terminal Radar Approach Control
facilities that control 80 percent of U.S. air traffic," said
Matt Gilligan, vice president of
Raytheon IIS. Raytheon has installed the advanced STARS systems at
TRACONS in New York, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, northern and southern California, St.
Louis, Louisville,
Minneapolis, Atlanta and Washington, D.C.
Raytheon's STARS team will continue to work with the FAA's
NextGen modernization initiative to achieve a historic first—a
single national software and hardware baseline across the country
by the middle of 2020.
To learn more about STARS and other Raytheon air traffic
control systems, please visit
us here.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2018 sales of $27 billion and 67,000 employees, is a technology
and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and
cybersecurity solutions. With a history of innovation spanning 97
years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission
systems integration, C5I® products and services, sensing, effects
and mission support for customers in more than 80 countries.
Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham,
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