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Some red meat for NextGen doubters

FAA tried to install the replacement computer system that's going to track aircraft in the future at the tower in Salt Lake City. Full Article at Dallas Morning News - Blogs

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  1. They are racing the clock here. They have to get this to work failure is not an option
    SOURCE: AirportBusiness.com 1 month ago
  2. This is a testing process ... They could have continued on ERAM or safely transitioned back to the HOST system, which they did. They were fully prepared for both those scenarios.
    SOURCE: NextGov 1 month ago
  3. Nobody knew what caused it and whether it would happen again later on
    SOURCE: NextGov 1 month ago
  4. We've identified the problem ... There was a data block that identified one aircraft and the system swapped that from one aircraft target to a different aircraft target. We were able to manually switch it back to the correct aircraft. They were able to turn the system down.
    SOURCE: Deseret News 1 month ago
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