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GAO-07-81R 1 (2006-11-09)

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MI    IAccountability * Integrity * Reliability
United States Government Accountability Office
Washington, DC 20548





         November 9, 2006

         The Honorable Christopher Bond
         Chairman
         The Honorable Patty Murray
         Ranking Minority Member
         Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury,
           the Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development,
           and Related Agencies
         Committee on Appropriations
         United States Senate

         The Honorable Joe Knollenberg
         Chairman
         The Honorable John W. Olver
         Ranking Minority Member
         Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury,
            and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary,
            District of Columbia and Independent Agencies
         Committee on Appropriations
         House of Representatives


         Subject: FAA's Proposed Plan for Implementing a Reliability Centered
         Maintenance Process for Air Traffic Control Equipment


         The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) is
         responsible for maintaining approximately 40,000 pieces of air traffic control
         equipment, such as radars, navigation beacons, communication systems, and
         instrument landing systems that are essential to the safe operation of the national
         airspace system (NAS). Currently, ATO engineers and technicians conduct routine
         maintenance, periodic inspections, and performance checks on air traffic control
         equipment to ensure that it functions properly. Recently, ATO identified another
         process called reliability centered maintenance (RCM) that it plans to add to the
         other methods it uses to maintain the equipment. RCM is a data-driven, analytical
         process used to determine the most value-added maintenance requirements that are
         needed to keep equipment functioning properly. RCM processes are used by federal
         and private organizations because they reduce unnecessary maintenance. ATO
         believes that RCM's data-driven analyses for identifying maintenance needs,


GAO-07-81R FAA Reliability Centered Maintenance

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