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The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Air Traffic Organization (ATO) plans and develops the evolution of the National Airspace System (NAS). There is a strategic plan underway for NAS modemization that focuses on improving the aging NAS infrastructure to meet existing as well as future user needs. The principle modemization objectives of the plan are to:Upgrade the infrastructure, Introduce new efficiency-orientedIn meeting these objectives, the FAA has developed a custom strategic planning process employing various systems engineering techniques and best practices to develop and maintain the NAS modemization plan. The process effectively addresses the unique challenges inherent in the NAS modemization effort. It relies on the capabilities and efficiencies of third-party tools to deal with the complexity of the NAS and meet innumerable user requirements. strategic planning process, the FAA can use a relatively small team of experts to more rapidly and efficiently integrate, analyze, and distribute engineering data related to NAS modemization and efficiently and effectively perform strategic NAS modemization planning. This is especially important in the budget constrained FAA environment.Provide new safety features, and, capabilities.By properly applying these tools in the