Alliance Announced At Air Traffic Control Association
Conference And Exposition
Lockheed Martin -- along with Boeing, Computer Sciences
Corporation, and Harris Corporation -- announced the formation of
an industry alliance to help the implementation of the Federal
Aviation Administration's (FAA) System Wide Information Management
(SWIM) initiative.
The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is hopeful the
Federal Aviation Administration will allow devices used to help
heart attack victims in air traffic facilities, according to the
Akron Beacon Journal.
"The most important thing is not to jump into debt we
don't need."
Source: Jeanne Van Meter, board member of the
Greater Orlando (FL) Aviation Authority, which oversees Orlando
International Airport. A few minor modifications to the MCO
terminal to add passenger capacity could forestall the need to
build the new South Terminal, but the modifications won't come
cheap -- costing as much as $400 million, the authority was told
last week.
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