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IMTEC-84-14 1 (1984-05-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnjo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE RELEASED WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGY DIVISION : MAY 4, 1984 B-206887 The Honorable William Lehman Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation Committee on Appropriations House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Interim Observations on FAA's Plans for Major Systems Acquisitions (GAO/IMTEC-84-14) This is in response to your April 3, 1984, letter (see encl. I), asking for our observations with respect to the Federal Avia- tion Administration's (FAA's) development and acquisition of the Host Computer System, the Mode S System, and the Advanced Automa- tion System (AAS). Since your earlier request in June 1983, we have been working to identify and develop issues related to FAA's development and acquisition of the Host Computer System. We have also begun a planning effort to identify potential strategic issues associated with FAA's long term modernization of the air traffic management system. Based on discussions with Subcommittee staff subsequent to that request, we have expanded our planning efforts to include FAA's design, development, and acquisition of the major data processing, communications, and surveillance systems for air traffic management. OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY In response to your letter, this report contains our prelimi- nary observations regarding (1) Host computer technical risks and their potential impact on program performance and milestones, (2) the desirability of a full-scale Mode S acquisition at this time, and (3) the adequacy of the overall design and acquisition strategy for the AAS. We conducted our work primarily at the Department of Transpor- tation and FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.; and the FAA Tech- nical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. We interviewed staff members at Transportation and FAA, and technically qualified people from private industry, and aviation users. We reviewed Transporta- tion and FAA documents related to FAA's planning, management, and operation of the National Airspace System. Although the work has been conducted in accordance with generally accepted government audit standards, it is still in its early stages; therefore the (510027)

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