US Federal Aviation Administration selects IFS for MRO
The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) says it has selected IFS Applications as its supply chain and maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) solution to ensure reliability of its airspace equipment.
Lockheed Martin will be the system integrator in support of the FAA programme, dubbed the Logistics Centre Support System (LCSS).
The FAA's National Airspace System is one of the most complex in the world, enabling 50,000 flights per day in the US and over much of the world's oceans – and involving 14,500 air traffic controllers, 4,500 aviation safety inspectors and 5,800 technicians.
It includes more than 19,000 airports and 600 air traffic control units, with 41,000 NAS operational facilities and more than 71,000 pieces of equipment to maintain, ranging from radar systems to communication relay stations.
The new LCSS solution replaces the FAA's existing Logistics and Inventory System in use at the FAA Logistics Centre – a distribution, warehousing and repair facility at the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Centre in Oklahoma City.
