ERAM: (Still) “Close Enough For Government Work”

April 6, 2011
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The FAA has been continuing to test its En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) at its two keysite facilities, Salt Lake Center (ZLC) and Seattle Center (ZSE). They’re now planning on expanding the program further (again), in spite of the significant ongoing bugs the software still has. ERAM is one of the cornerstones of the FAA much touted NextGen system, and was intended to replace the aging HOST computer system that runs the radar displays...

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Another Report on ERAM: Late and Over Budget

January 24, 2011
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A reader tipped me off to an article regarding the Federal Aviation Administration’s En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) project on FierceGovernmentIT dated January 19th, 2011.  (Thanks, Dave!) The article states that ERAM: …won’t reach...

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ERAM Habituation

December 2, 2010
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URET FIG2

It’s been a while since my last FAA En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) update, mostly because where I’m sitting it’s been pretty quiet on the ERAM development front. That’s not to say that ERAM...

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A Long Overdue ERAM Update

September 1, 2010
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It’s been a while since my last entry and although I’ve had plenty to write about, I’ve been enjoying the summer here in Minnesota that will inevitably end all too soon. But I did...

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Protection from ERAM

July 21, 2010
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armor-suit-4

We know that the new En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) computer program is still full of bugs. The ERAM software is the program that is supposed to replace the FAA’s HOST computer that currently...

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