FAA said that its new Traffic Flow Management System (TFMS) network at the William J. Hughes Technical Center in Atlantic City, N.J., became operational recently.
The system tracks, anticipates and manages the flow of air traffic throughout U.S. airspace, integrating real-time weather and flight data from multiple sources.
The agency said that the new system provides the architecture needed to advance the Next Generation Air Transportation System. The modernized TFMS uses a state-of-the-art, open-architecture platform that increases development bandwidth, facilitates integration with other domains, and improves TFM performance and capacity, FAA said.
The third and final phase of the TFMS modernization is expected by August 2009 when the remaining legacy hardware and software components are upgraded, FAA said.
