HUGHES AIRCRAFT has submitted a re-work plan to Transport Canada which extends the time-scale for completion of the Canadian Automated Air Traffic System (CAATS) by almost two years, to 1998.
Canadian progress payments to Hughes have meanwhile stopped, while the negotiations take place. Hughes says that the contract negotiations "...have been amicable. We're not at each other's throats. "
At the request of Canada, the negotiations cover a different integration schedule at various sites around the CAATS network.
Source: Flight International
