BUILDING BLOCK: ERAM is intended as the backbone of an effort to overhaul aviation systems with next-generation technology.
WASHINGTON: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has switched much of the US air traffic control system to a new advanced computer system designed to reduce flight delays and improve aircraft fuel efficiency, officials said.
FAA Administrator Michael Huerta told reporters that the US$2.5bil (RM8.98bil) satellite-based En Route Automation Modernization, or ERAM, system has now fully replaced generations-old radar tracking. It was installed a month ago at the 20 FAA air traffic control centres in the continental United States.
