Fri, Mar 13, 2009
System Will Address Capacity At Nation's Busiest Airports
Raytheon was recently awarded a
contract to develop the NextGen Terminal Data Distribution System,
which will make more efficient use of the crowded airspace in the
US. The contract was awarded by the US Department of
Transportation's Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, part
of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration. The Volpe
Center provides key support to the Federal Aviation Administration
on NextGen.
The TDDS will automate flight information, resulting in improved
capacity in the nation's airspace. It will facilitate the exchange
of net-enabled data between disparate systems and integrate
multiple data sources to better manage the airspace. It will be the
first-of-its-kind terminal system applied in the FAA's System Wide
Information Management program.
The SWIM program will enable increased common situational
awareness and improve the National Airspace Systems' ability to
deliver the right information to the right place at the right
time.
"Raytheon is continuing to lead and support NextGen with
innovative solutions," said Andy Zogg, Raytheon Network Centric
Systems vice president of Airspace Management and Homeland
Security. "We see TDDS as an important first step in helping
address the capacity issues in our nation's airspace."
TDDS will facilitate the exchange of NAS flight data with
multiple existing systems, allowing them to better manage in-flight
and airport traffic flow.
As aircraft fly through airspace, they pass through different
tracking systems. The tracking systems transmit data and
communicate with each other using point-to-point interfaces, each
with a unique communication link and special purpose protocol. This
makes adding new interfaces and capabilities costly and
time-consuming.
The SWIM program requires cost-effective deployment of new
capabilities to manage airspace more effectively and efficiently.
TDDS will replace the point-to-point interfaces with
SWIM-compliant, service-oriented architecture.
The team, led by Raytheon's Network Centric Systems, includes
Lockheed Martin's Transportation and Security Solutions Division,
Intelligent Automation and Dnutch Associates.
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