unclassified - Air Force Financial Management & Comptroller

BUDGET ITEM JUSTIFICATION (EXHIBIT P-40)
UNCLASSIFIED
DATE:
FEBRUARY 2002
APPROP CODE/BA:
OPAF/ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT
P-1 NOMENCLATURE:
GENERAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Description (continued):
US SPACE COMMAND (USSPACECOM)
37. PETERSON AFB COMPUTER SUPPORT: No FY03 funding requested.
US STRATEGIC COMMAND (USSTRATCOM)
38. COMMAND MANAGEMENT LAN NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE: The USSTRATCOM unclassified and classified Command
Management Local Area Network (CM LAN) provides all HQ USSTRATCOM users a standard suite of software applications. FY01-03
funding continues infrastructure and component upgrades for network file servers, mail servers, and printer servers; stratus servers and Standard
Query Language (SQL) servers; and gateways, hubs, routers and other associated network peripherals.
US TRANSPORTATION COMMAND (USTRANSCOM)
39. SCHEDULE DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (SDSS): No FY03 funding requested.
AIR FORCE SAFETY CENTER
40. AUTOMATED SAFETY SYSTEMS: FY03 funding will procure network hardware and provide for implementation of three safety
programs AF wide -- the Automated System for Hazard Surveys (ASHS), Safety Automated System (SAS) and Avian Hazard Advisory System
(AHAS). The AHAS combines the historical bird hazard information in the Bird Avoidance Model (BAM) with weather forecasts and radar
data to provide near-real time bird hazard advisories. This system allow the safer utilization of airspace, previously restricted by the BAM, by
more accurately identifying periods of increased bird hazards to routine low-level and range flight operations. The AF averages $22 million
annually in damage from bird strikes during low-level and range flight operations. AHAS will significantly reduce these annual losses, possibly
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