Wed, Sep 17, 2008
Issued Initial Operational Capability By FAA
ITT Corporation announced Wednesday it has successfully
deployed the Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast
(ADS-B) essential services system for southern Florida, achieving
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA).
ADS-B is a key component of the FAA's much-bandied Next
Generation Air Transportation System, intended to increase safety
and efficiency to meet the growing needs of air transportation.
The essential services IOC milestone recognizes the availability
of broadcast services of air traffic, as well as weather and
aeronautical data information from 11 ADS-B ground stations in
southern Florida. The stations are supported by processing from an
ADS-B data center, radar data from FAA facilities, as well as a
weather and aeronautical data feed from ITT team member WSI.
Achieving IOC required the engineering, design, development,
integration and test of system infrastructure by ITT and
substantial independent test activity by the FAA.
"This milestone has been achieved in accordance with the
FAA’s very aggressive schedule," said Mike Wilson, president
of ITT’s Advanced Engineering and Sciences business.
"Achieving IOC represents an important first step for the
FAA’s NextGen program and is essential to the nation’s
journey toward a modernized national airspace system. We are proud
support the FAA’s outstanding ADS-B program team."
As ANN reported, ITT -- a leading US defense
contractor, as well as the world's largest supplier of equipment to
move and treat water and wastewater -- was awarded a $207 million
initial contract by the FAA to lead a team to develop and
deploy the first phase of the ADS-B ground infrastructure.
When fully deployed throughout the United States in 2013, the
ADS-B ground infrastructure system will enable very accurate
aircraft position data to be presented to air traffic controllers
and will provide dramatically enhanced aircraft situational
awareness. This program will allow an increasing number of aircraft
to maintain safe separation, conduct more precise airport
approaches and departures, and execute operations key to
accommodating increased levels of civil air traffic.
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