New Atlanta Air Traffic Control Tower Is Equipped with the FAA's Most Modern and Cost-Effective Telecom Services
May 30 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Tower Represents the Most Recent Build-out of FTI Network
MELBOURNE, Fla., May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that Hartsfield-Jackson
Atlanta International Airport's new 398-foot air traffic control
(ATC) tower represents the most recent milestone in the continuing
rollout of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program. The FTI network
supports the new tower with more than 120 telecommunication
services, including controller-to-pilot voice and flight-critical
data services. The FTI program is upgrading communications circuits
at more than 4,400 FAA facilities nationwide, creating a modern
telecommunications network that will provide unparalleled safety,
security, and reliability at significantly reduced operating costs.
The FTI program is expected to save the FAA more than $600 million
in operating costs over the 15-year life of the program. Harris
Corporation heads an industry-leading team of telecommunications
companies in the implementation of FTI, which Harris says will be
the most secure network serving civil agencies in the U.S.
government. "The telecom services now available to the new Atlanta
ATC tower provide air traffic controllers and managers with modern
voice communications and some of the most sophisticated equipment
data interfaces in the FAA's inventory, enabling the agency to meet
the expanding air transportation needs of the southeastern U.S.,"
said John O'Sullivan, FTI Program vice president, Harris Government
Communications Systems Division. "The cutover to the new Atlanta
ATC tower from the old tower was an amazingly smooth effort and
could not have been accomplished without the total cooperation
among the Harris and FAA teams. The FTI network also provides a
fault-tolerant architecture that prevents network interruptions and
has the most secure network management system in the civilian
sector of the U.S. federal government." The managed cutover to the
FTI network was accomplished on time at 3:00 am EDT on May 7, 2006,
following a detailed checklist that allowed the world's busiest
airport to continue full operations during the switch to the new
tower -- the most modern ATC tower in the world. The new tower
began tracking Atlanta's air traffic at 3:10 a.m. on May 13, 2006.
The Atlanta tower milestone follows the successful completion of
four other key FTI transition milestones in March at sites in Palm
Beach, Florida; Denver, Colorado; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and
Albuquerque, New Mexico. FTI equipment has now been installed and
accepted at almost 1,500 FAA facilities with more than 5,500
operational services accepted nationwide. FTI network equipment
will be installed at 4,400 FAA facilities nationwide and more than
20,000 services will be transitioned to the new network. Harris
expects to complete the transition of all legacy telecom services
to the FTI network by December 2007. 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. The Harris team is
consolidating FAA legacy networks including the LINCS leased
service network, the Data Multiplexing Network, Bandwidth Manager,
the FAA satellite network, and the National Aviation Data
Interchange Network into an integrated telecommunications
infrastructure. Requirements include replacing telecommunications
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 Web site:
http://www.harris.com/
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