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FAA Deploys Stars at First of 11 Large Tracons
A Raytheon Stars display integrates radar and flight-plan information for terminal-area controllers. (Photo: Raytheon)
A Raytheon Stars display integrates radar and flight-plan information for terminal-area controllers. (Photo: Raytheon)

Prime contractor Raytheon and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration have finished installing the standard terminal automation replacement system (Stars) at the first of 11 large terminal radar approach control (Tracon) facilities in the U.S. Air traffic controllers at the Dallas/Fort Worth Tracon started “continuous operation” with Stars ahead of schedule in early May, Raytheon announced at the Paris Air Show last month.