Harris Corporation Team Achieves Another Milestone in FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure Program
August 02 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Transition of Legacy Network Hubs to New FTI Network Will Save FAA
Millions of Dollars While Enhancing Safety and Security MELBOURNE,
Fla., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- . Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS) today announced that it has completed the installation
and checkout of all the equipment and services required for the
transition of 24 major hubs to the new FAA Telecommunications
Infrastructure (FTI) network. The transition moves a significant
portion of voice communication, flight data and weather information
to the safest and most secure network operating within the civil
sector of the U.S. government. Harris will continue to transition
the remaining 137 major legacy network hubs to the more
cost-effective FTI network over the next 18 months. "The conversion
of these major hubs from the legacy network to FTI will help the
FAA more rapidly achieve its safety, security and cost-saving goals
for the program," said John O'Sullivan, FTI program vice president
for the Harris Government Communications Systems Division. "We
specifically targeted some of the largest hubs for upgrading this
quarter and will continue to convert other sites -- many of which
are located at major FAA locations -- as we complete the transition
to the more modern, more efficient FTI network. These network hubs
are located near major metropolitan areas such as Seattle, Atlanta,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Denver, and Washington, DC." The FAA has
already issued disconnect orders for 14 of the 24 legacy network
hub sites and is positioned to issue disconnect orders for the
remaining 10 sites in accordance with its goals for the current
year. Legacy network hubs carry circuits that support nearly 90
percent of the FAA facilities to be upgraded through the FTI
program. Targeting the replacement of these network hubs will
accelerate the conversion of the more costly legacy circuits to
FTI, generating millions of dollars in savings to the FAA. The FTI
network also features enhanced safety and security, providing
intrusion detection and a security feed directly to the FAA
security center for seamless security threat assessment. During the
15-year FTI program, Harris is upgrading and improving
telecommunications and operations functions at more than 4,400 FAA
facilities nationwide, providing the FAA with a safer, more
efficient network that is expected to save hundreds of millions of
dollars in operating costs over the life of the program. FTI
equipment has now been installed and accepted at more than 1,650
FAA facilities, and more than 7,000 operational services have been
accepted and are in service nationwide. Harris remains committed to
completing the work associated with all major network nodes 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 team is consolidating the services
carried on FAA legacy networks including the Leased Interfacility
National Airspace System (LINCS), the Data Multiplexing Network,
the Bandwidth Manager, and the National Aviation Data Interchange
Network into an integrated telecommunications infrastructure.
Requirements include replacing more than 20,000 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/ http://www.careers.harris.com/
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