Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System
The Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) is an air traffic control automation system currently being used in many busier TRACONs around the United States. STARS is intended to replace the Automated Radar Terminal System (ARTS) that was until recently in widespread use around the nation. However, ARTS is still common at many less busy facilities in the nation.
The STARS program receives and processes target reports, weather, and other nontarget messages from both terminal and en route digital sensors. Additionally, it automatically tracks primary and secondary surveillance targets and provides aircraft position information to the enhanced traffic management system (ETMS). Finally it also detects unsafe proximities between tracked aircraft pairs and provides warning if tracked aircraft are detected at a dangerously low altitude. Additional features it includes are converging runway display aid (CRDA) and controller automation spacing aid (CASA). These features display "ghost" targets as an aid to controllers attempting to tightly space aircraft in the terminal environment ([1]).
Features
The system is currently being used at a number of TRACON sites throughout the US[2] and a number of military RAPCON sites that control military air traffic.[3]
The STARS phase II is called TAMR. It is also called TAMR Phase I[4]. It is a combination of STARS equipment and Common ARTs at various TRACONs in the US National Airspace System (NAS). The larger TRACONs still need Common ARTs capable equipment, where the smaller ones can get by on STARS.
References
- ^ Nolan, 1999
- ^ FAA
- ^ Raytheon
- ^ TAMR Phase I
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