ATC
FAA Solicits Potential Vendors for ATC Replacements
FAA is looking to replace or re-architect STARS and ERAM
Control tower at California's Castle Airport
California's Castle Airport (KMER) is one of 20 around the U.S. to receive a share of $20 million in this year's batch of FAA Contract Tower Program grant funding. © Merced County/Castle Airport

The FAA has released a request for information (RFI) on a common automation platform (CAP) that will replace legacy equipment as it looks to modernize the U.S. air traffic control system. Issued on Thursday, the RFI follows a request for solutions (RFS) in August for a prime integrator to manage the agency’s ambitions for a “brand new” ATC system. Responses to the RFI are due December 19.

As for the CAP, the FAA is eyeing replacements for systems including En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) and Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (Stars) with a unified, modern platform, the agency said.

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