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Air Traffic and Early Warning Networks

National and continental networks of radar stations, control centers and procedures that manage air traffic or watch the skies for aircraft and missiles. A member belongs here when the cited article describes it as an air traffic control or early warning network. The group is one of the groupings under this field in the Technology Atlas, and each member keeps its own entry with its own cited sources and its own place in the field. Its members appear in the Browse By view for the field, so a reader can move from this group to each member entry and to the sources cited there.

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National Airspace System - Wikipedia
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The National Airspace System (NAS) is the airspace, navigation facilities and airports of the United States along with their associated information, services, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, personnel and equipment.
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Next Generation Air Transportation System - Wikipedia
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The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) was the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to modernize the National Airspace System (NAS).
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Distant Early Warning Line - Wikipedia
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The Distant Early Warning Line, also known as the DEW Line or Early Warning Line, was a system of radar stations in the northern Arctic region of Canada, with additional stations along the north coast and Aleutian Islands of Alaska (see Project Stretchout and Project Bluegrass), in addition to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland (DYE Stations).
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Ballistic Missile Early Warning System - Wikipedia
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The RCA 474L Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS, 474L System, Project 474L) was a United States Air Force Cold War early warning radar, computer, and communications system, for ballistic missile detection.
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