Updated: 3:36 pm ET April 13, 2007
The En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system architecture replaces the En Route Host computer system and its backup. ERAM provides all of today’s functionality and:
The open system architecture enables the use of future capabilities to efficiently handle traffic growth and ensure a more stable and supportable system.
The FAA will deploy ERAM at 20 Air Route Traffic Control Centers, the Williams J. Hughes Technical Center, and the FAA Academy.
Replace the current En Route computer backup system with Enhanced Backup Surveillance.
Provide controllers real-time electronic access to weather data, aeronautical data, air traffic control procedures documents, Notices to Airmen, pilot reports, and other information with the En Route Information Display System.
Replace the current En Route Host computer air traffic control with a fully redundant, state of the art system that enables new capabilities and requires no stand-along backup system.
3:36 pm ET April 13, 2007