Harris-led Team Completes Implementation of FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) Network in Hawaii
January 30 2006 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that its Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) team
has successfully completed the transition of operations services
for the Hawaii-based FTI network. Harris is the prime contractor
and system architect for the FTI program, upgrading and improving
telecommunications and operations functions at more than 4,500 FAA
facilities nationwide. FTI equipment has been installed and
accepted at more than 1,000 FAA facilities with more than 2,600
operational services accepted and in-service nationwide. All 21 FAA
sites in the Hawaii system, together with all 98 associated
operations services, have been transitioned to the FTI network. The
cutover of Hawaii, a key geographic area within the FAA's
Western-Pacific Region, marks the first consolidated business area
within the FAA to completely cutover from the legacy network to
FTI. "Implementation of the FTI network throughout Hawaii is
another key milestone in the ongoing progress of the total
program," said John O'Sullivan, FTI program vice president for
Harris Corporation Government Communications Systems Division. "The
implementation was completed on schedule, providing a robust
network that will help maximize productivity and significantly
lower the FAA's operating costs. The FTI team was able to
accelerate the transition of the existing Hawaiian Leased
Interfacility NAS Communications System (LINCS) services to FTI in
order to save the FAA the challenge and extra cost of extending the
current contract." Harris recently announced that its FTI team has
completed the Internet Protocol over Asynchronous Transfer Mode (IP
over ATM) backbone for the FTI network that interconnects the nodes
of the largest FAA facilities across the nation. This backbone
connects 21 Air Route Traffic Control Centers and six other sites,
and is used to transport a variety of critical information
including flight plans, surveillance data, weather data, and
navigation aids. Harris is leading a team of top telecommunications
companies consisting of AT&T, BellSouth Corporation, Qwest
Communications International, Sprint, Verizon Communications, and
Raytheon Technical Services. For the FTI program, the Harris team
is consolidating LINCS, the Data Multiplexing Network, Bandwidth
Manager, and the National Aviation Data Interchange Network into an
integrated telecommunications infrastructure. Requirements include
replacing more than 24,000 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/
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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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