FAA's Ground-Radar Rollout Hits Triple Digits

The FAA has switched on its 100th Surface Awareness Initiative installation, a threshold reached faster than the agency's original buildout schedule called for. The system falls under the FAA's broader air traffic control modernization program, which has been expanding surface surveillance coverage at airports nationwide. For flight departments and owners operating into the busier fields on that list, it's one more layer of infrastructure between the ramp and the runway. The agency has not said which airport claimed the 100th installation, only that the rollout continues.

With reporting from AVweb.