ATC
Paris 2011: Raytheon air traffic management advances STARS, ASR-11 radar
Raytheon has new developments to report in both air traffic automation systems and radar portions of its air traffic management (ATM) business.

Raytheon has new developments to report in both air traffic automation systems and radar portions of its air traffic management (ATM) business. In April, the U.S. group announced a $177 million contract modification from the Federal Aviation Administration to deploy the standard terminal automation replacement system (STARS) at the 11 largest terminal radar approach control (Tracon) facilities in the U.S. currently equipped with older automated radar terminal systems.

STARS is a command-and-control system that manages terminal area airspace, tracking up to 1,350 aircraft simultaneously. The system interfaces with multiple radars and presents flight and weather information to air traffic controllers on high-resolution 20x20 color displays.