<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">CAATS provides an automated air traffic control system capable of meeting both current and long-range air traffic needs. Successful delivery of the system by developer Raytheon to NAV CANADA is a global milestone, making this country the first in the world to successfully automate the processing of flight data to this extent, and to this level of integration with other automated systems in the ANS.
The CAATS system adds to NAV CANADA's global leadership position in new technology development. This leadership has already been established with new electronic systems such as the touch-sensitive electronic flight strips currently in use at Toronto Tower and being deployed elsewhere in the Canadian ANS.
"The successful delivery of CAATS marks the beginning of a two-to-three-year implementation process which will result in NAV CANADA controllers across the country having the world's most advanced flight data processing system at their fingertips," said Sid Koslow, Vice President, Engineering, NAV CANADA.
NAV CANADA has invested close to $300 million in the Canadian Automated Air Traffic System (CAATS).
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