1. Presented to: By: Date: Federal Aviation Administration Multifunction Phased Array Radar PAR Work Group Magda Batista-Carver June 21, 2007 Radar Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Cost Data Collection and Analysis Update

2. 2 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 2 Radar O&M Cost Data Collection Being developed in response to MPAR Working Group Action Item # 2007-1.2, “Complete life cycle cost analysis for legacy radar systems”

3. 3 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 3 Purpose Form key input for overall cost benefit analysis for MPAR Business Case Systems to be included –171 WSR-88Ds (NEXRAD) – 47 Terminal Doppler Weather Radars (TDWR) –135 ASR-9s/Mode-S –149 ASR-11s –118 Long Range Radars (LRR) ARSR-1 through 4 FPS-20/60

4. 4 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 4 Methodology Adopt standardize Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to ensure consistency between FAA radar and NEXRAD costs Collect and analyze historical data for baseline Projected costs include –standard inflation –failure rate estimates of major components

5. 5 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 5 Work Breakdown Structure Template N/A: Requirements are not applicable

6. 6 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 6 WBS Element Examples

7. 7 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 7 Challenges Inability to collect detailed cost information Inability to breakout corrective and preventative maintenance costs Inconsistent terminology Collecting and integrating NEXRAD tri- agency cost information

8. 8 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 8 Status

9. 9 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 9 NEXRAD Team Composition National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration –Tim Crum –Marty Williams –Russ Cook Department of Defense –Mike Spaulding Office of Federal Coordinator for Meteorology –Mark P. Weadon Federal Aviation Administration –Magda Batista-Carver

10. 10 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 10 NEXRAD Unique Cost Factors Archival costs NEXRAD Radar Operations Center (ROC) Product Improvement Categories –Performance Enhancement (e.g., Dual Polarization, Radar Product Generator Refresh, etc.) –Obsolescence –Reliability (e.g. Open Radar Data Acquisition (ORDA), trigger amplifier, etc.)

11. 11 Federal Aviation Administration MPAR Existing Radar O&M Cost Update June 21, 2007 11 Next Steps O&M Cost Working Group –Continue to collect and analyze cost data –Complete final report by October 2007 PAR Working Group –Use O&M Cost final report as a key input to a PAR Business Case