Three Airports Receive New Surface Radars, FAA Says

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The new surface movement radar at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport will enter service later this summer. 

Credit: FAA
The FAA says that it has installed new surface movement radars at three airports as part of the Trump administration’s Brand New Air Traffic Control System initiative. In its June 22 weekly news bulletin, the agency said a new Surface Movement Radar-4 (SMR-4) being installed at Louis Armstrong New...
Bill Carey

Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and uncrewed aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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