Harris Corporation Team Completes Internet Protocol Backbone For FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure Network
November 30 2005 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that its Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI)
program team has successfully completed the Internet Protocol over
Asynchronous Transfer Mode (IP over ATM) backbone for the FTI
network. Harris is the prime contractor and system architect for
the FTI program, which was awarded in 2002. FTI will upgrade and
improve telecommunications and operations functions at more than
5,000 FAA facilities nationwide, while significantly reducing
operating costs. "The completion of this portion of the project is
a key milestone that will result in enhanced reliability and
improved network performance," said John O'Sullivan, FTI program
vice president for Harris Corporation's Government Communications
Systems Division. "Eighty percent of the FAA's operational IP
traffic has been successfully migrated to the FTI network -- a
critical achievement since at least half of all future
telecommunications requirements for the National Airspace System
will require IP services. This milestone is a direct reflection of
the strong cooperation, commitment and teamwork between the FAA and
Harris." The IP over ATM backbone interconnects the nodes of the
largest FAA facilities across the nation, consisting of 21 Air
Route Traffic Control Centers and six other sites. It transports a
variety of critical information including flight plans,
surveillance data, weather data, and navigation aids. The backbone
utilizes two different long-distance carrier networks, one from
Sprint and one from AT&T, enabling the rapid distribution of
significantly more information than was possible with the legacy
FIRMNET network. Harris FTI teammates include BellSouth
Corporation, Qwest Communications International, Inc., SBC
Communications, Inc., Sprint, Verizon Communications, and Raytheon
Technical Services Company. The Harris FTI team is consolidating
the Leased Interfacility NAS Communications System (LINCS), Data
Multiplexing Network, Bandwidth Manager, and National Aviation Data
Interchange Network into an integrated telecommunications
infrastructure. Requirements include replacing more than 35,000
circuits, upgrading switching and routing services, improving
network monitoring and control, implementing a state-of-the-art
security system, and providing network-engineering services. Harris
Government Communications Systems Division conducts advanced
research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports
state-of-the- art, assured communications(TM) solutions and
information systems that solve the mission-critical challenges of
its military and government customers, while serving as the
technology base for the company's diverse commercial businesses.
Harris Corporation is an international communications and
information technology company serving government and commercial
markets in more than 150 countries. With headquarters in Melbourne,
Florida, the company has annual sales of over $3 billion and more
than 13,000 employees, including 5,500 engineers and scientists.
The company's four operating divisions serve markets for government
communications, RF communications, broadcast communications, and
microwave communications. For more information, visit
http://www.harris.com/ . Sound interesting? Find great jobs at
Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com/ DATASOURCE: Harris
Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government Communications
Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, or , or Brent Dietz, Corporate
Headquarters, +1-321-724-3554, or , both of Harris Corporation Web
site: http://www.harris.com/
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