U.S. GAO - Air Traffic Control Systems: Ambitious New Modernization Effort Needs to Improve Cost and Schedule Planning
A GAO report finds the FAA's new Brand New Air Traffic Control System effort is moving fast but lacks a lifecycle cost estimate and an integrated master schedule, relying instead on 11,389 unintegrated schedules for phase 1, which is to be completed by December 2028 with $12.5 billion from Congress. GAO warns the risks could repeat the agency's history of cost overruns and delays, and recommends the FAA Administrator develop a sound cost estimate and a detailed master schedule.
