Harris Corporation Team Exceeds 10,000th Service Milestone for FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) Network
January 09 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Progress supports FAA cutover plan and lays foundation for air
transportation modernization MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A team led by Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information
technology company, has successfully obtained acceptance of more
than 10,000 communications service at more than 2,100 facilities as
part of the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network.
Harris, the prime contractor and system architect for the program,
began the buildout of the nationwide network in November 2004. The
FTI program is providing the FAA with a safer, more efficient
network that is expected to significantly reduce operating costs
over the life of the program. "We are very pleased to achieve this
major milestone in the FTI program," said John O'Sullivan, FTI
program vice president for the Harris Government Communications
Systems Division. "The FTI network is now online, and at the
current rate of more than 700 services being brought online per
month, we are confident that we will achieve the program goals for
FTI service acceptance activities. This schedule supports the FAA's
full cutover to FTI and positions the agency for the Next
Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS)." During the 15-year
FTI program, Harris is upgrading and improving telecommunications
and operations functions at more than 4,000 FAA facilities
nationwide. Key network components that are now online and
operational: * More than 85 percent of the FAA's 400 major control
sites are online, providing the critical communications services
required for weather information and flight services throughout the
National Airspace System (NAS) * The FTI satellite network
(FTI-SAT) was completed on schedule and is online, providing the
FAA with a "best value" solution as part of an initiative to reduce
the need for more costly earth/satellite stations and deploy a more
cost-effective mix of satellite, microwave and landline services *
The FTI Mission Support network was completed ahead of schedule in
June 2006 and is online, transporting administrative functions such
as payroll and e-mail to most of the FAA's 50,000 employees at more
than 800 sites across the U.S. * The Harris Network Operations
Control Center is online, monitoring 75,000 pieces of
communications equipment and managing a field maintenance workforce
of 500-plus people nationwide, 24/7 * The FAA Bulk Weather
Telecommunications Gateway is online and providing FAA Air Traffic
Control centers nationwide with a continuously updated, common
picture of weather throughout the NAS * More than 90 percent of the
FAA's IP traffic is online and running on the FTI operational IP
backbone. This supports the agency's future requirements for IP
connectivity necessary for the establishment of NGATS 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 supporting the FAA in replacing the
Leased Interfacility NAS Communications System (LINCS), the Data
Multiplexing Network, the Bandwidth Manager, and the National
Aviation Data Interchange Network with 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. About Harris Corporation 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 $3.5 billion and nearly 14,000 employees, including
more than 6,000 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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