KC-135R Tanker’s Global Air Traffic Program Finished

Latest updates: With GATM done, this is this article’s final update. KC-135R Stratotanker(click to view larger) The goal of the KC-135 Global Air Traffic Management program is to update the US aerial tanker fleet’s avionics. The last KC-135 was delivered in 1966, and civil aviation has seen considerable changes to navigation and safety avionics since then. In order to help the USA’s critical aerial tanker fleet run more smoothly, and give them the option of flying in civil airspace, updates were required. That has spawned a number of sub-programs, from Pacer CRAG to the current Block 45 avionics effort. * KC-135 GATM * Contracts & Key Events, FY 2005 – Present * Additional Readings KC-135 GATM KC-135R: Father & Son,Pacer CRAG cockpit(click to view full) The GATM modification will allow the KC-135 fleet to meet forecast 2015 Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards for the Communication, Navigation, Surveillance and Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) system, which permit shared access within both civil and military airspace and enable tanker refueling operations worldwide. In 1999, Rockwell Collins won a contract potentially worth in excess $700 million, in order to upgrade the communications and navigation systems of more than […]