MATCALS

Abstract

The Marine Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems (MATCALS) program provides for continued development, integration, and testing of hardware and software to meet requirements for all-weather operations and improved flight safety of Air Traffic Control (ATC) and Landing Systems at Marine Corps expeditionary airfields. An Acquisition Decision Memorandum from Jan 2005 approved the use of the U.S. Army AN/TPN-31 Air Traffic Navigation, Integration, and Coordination System (ATNAVICS) to fulfill the Air Surveillance and Precision Approach Radar and Control System (ASPARCS) requirement for Jul 2006. The ATNAVICS replaced the legacy ATC Precision Approach Radar (PAR), Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR), and Command and Control Subsystem with a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle based PAR, ASR and Command and Control Subsystem. The Marine Resource Oversight Committee Decision Memorandum 11-2005 of Dec 2004 outlines the evolutionary improvements required by Headquarters Marine Corps. This program works with the Marine ATC Working Group identifying the requirements to implement the preplanned program improvement (P3I) and evolutionary product improvements as required for Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar System (G/ATOR), ATNAVICS, Expeditionary ATC Towers, Common Aviation Command and Control Station (CAC2S), and Navigational Aids that support Marine Air Traffic Control Detachments.

Document Details

• Document Type: Project
• Publication Date: Oct 01, 2025
• Source ID: 0718_0604504N_5_1319_PB_2025

Tags

Readers

• Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
• Civilian Systems Systems Program Capability Development and Upgrade Support Activity Expense and Pay Management.
• Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

• Fully Networked C3
• Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control