Harris Corporation and FAA Mark Cutover of 100th Network Hub Site for New FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure Program
September 10 2007 - 3:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have
successfully cutover 100 of the 160 legacy network hub sites to the
new FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure network that is designed
to improve performance and save nearly $600 million in operating
costs over the 15-year life of the program. The FAA and Harris
marked the milestone achievement with a special ceremony today at
FAA headquarters, which was attended by Harris and FAA
representatives, including FAA Administrator Marion Blakey. Harris
is the prime contractor and system architect for the FAA
Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program, one of the largest
government telecommunications initiatives ever undertaken. The
network ensures the efficient, secure and reliable transmission of
voice, data, radar, weather and other information critical to the
operation of the National Airspace System (NAS), and provides the
foundation for the FAA's Next Generation Air Transportation System
(NGATS). FTI replaces six legacy networks with one nationwide,
all-digital network backbone -- upgrading and improving
telecommunications operations at more than 4,000 FAA facilities
nationwide, and providing more than 20,000 telecommunications
services. To date, nearly 90 percent of the 4,000 sites and 20,000
services have been transitioned nationwide. "This is a key
achievement in the continued progress of FTI and reflects the
excellent results that are possible with a strong public
agency/private sector partnership, such as this one between Harris
and the FAA," said Jeremy Wensinger, group president, Harris
Government Communications Systems. "The transition of these network
hub sites will enable the FAA to realize significant cost savings,
and demonstrates that Harris is on track to complete the transition
of the remaining network hub facilities by December 2007 as
originally planned." "The FTI network is the FAA's nationwide
telecommunications backbone, carrying information vital to key
programs supporting today's National Airspace System such as En
Route Automation Modernization, Airport Surface Detection
Equipment-Model X, Flight Services 21, and Integrated Terminal
Weather System," said John O'Sullivan, Harris FTI program vice
president. "FTI is also critical to the future of the Next
Generation Air Transportation System, supporting future programs
such as System-Wide Information Management and DataComm." Harris is
leading a team of top telecommunications companies consisting of
AT&T, Qwest Communications International, Sprint, Verizon
Communications, and Raytheon Technical Services. The team is
supporting the FAA in replacing the LINCS network, the Data
Multiplexing Network, the Bandwidth Manager network, and the
National Aviation Data Interchange Network with an integrated
telecommunications infrastructure. Requirements include replacing
more than 20,000 telecommunications services, upgrading switching
and routing capabilities, improving network monitoring and control,
implementing a state- of-the-art security system, and providing
network-engineering services. About Harris Corporation Harris is an
international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual revenue of over $4 billion and 16,000 employees -- including
nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to
developing best-in-class assured communications(TM) products,
systems, and services. Additional information about Harris
Corporation is available at 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,
+1-321-727-6514, ; or Jim Burke, Harris Corporation,
+1-321-727-9131, Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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