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WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (ATCA, Booth #400) - Aviation and weather experts from Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) will share their innovative technology solutions for the security and safety challenges encountered while creating the Next Generation Air Transportation System. Their presentations will be made at the 54th Annual Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) Conference and Exposition, October 4-7 at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. -- "National Airspace System Boundary Protection for NextGen" will be presented by Mark Graham, Harris chief systems engineer and architect for Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Next Generation (NextGen) Air Traffic Management systems. Graham's paper discusses new security challenges that are being created as the National Airspace System (NAS) evolves, from a tactical-oriented system architecture used for controlling airspace to a network-centric enterprise architecture for managing airspace. Significant issues addressed in the presentation will include the need for a NAS Enterprise Security Gateway to provide boundary protection between trusted NAS users and systems and un-trusted entities outside the NAS. The paper examines key concepts and technologies being considered to address this challenge and focuses on architectural concepts that can be implemented to provide boundary protection during the evolution and deployment of the NextGen Enterprise Architecture. -- "Improving NAS Cyber Security Detection And Response Utilizing Enterprise System Architectures" will be presented by Noble Dean III, Harris security manager for the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) network. This paper focuses on the larger benefits of improved security provided by enterprise architecture models that efficiently gather system situational awareness, analyze the impact, and respond to issues throughout the enterprise. The paper discusses how the FTI enterprise system has significantly improved security control monitoring and incident response associated with the FAA's telecommunication infrastructure, and how other enterprise solutions that provide a consolidated, system-wide view are key to ensuring the safety and availability of NAS enterprise surveillance, automation and weather systems. -- "Automated Weather Routing for Four-Dimensional Flight Trajectories" will be presented by Tom Hicks, principal investigator at Harris for NextGen Aviation Weather IR&D. This paper focuses on how the new Harris Aviation Weather Avoidance Service (AWAS) tool addresses a core weather requirement of NextGen: the ability to identify where and when aircraft can or cannot safely fly. Hicks notes that trajectory-based operations are a foundational element of NextGen. AWAS utilizes a four-dimensional trajectory (4DT) to continuously evaluate an aircraft's position in space and time to support better decision-making with regard to weather conditions and forecasts for thunderstorms, turbulence, icing, ceiling and visibility. Designed to interface with the NextGen 4D Weather Cube, AWAS was developed through a cooperative research agreement between Harris and the Army Research Laboratory. Harris has a long history of developing and integrating system solutions for the FAA and the global air traffic control network. In addition to its work as prime contractor and system architect for FTI, Harris has developed other FAA programs including the Weather And Radar Processor, a weather system serving the en-route air traffic control environment; the Voice Switching and Control System, which provides the critical air-to-ground communications links between en-route aircraft and air traffic controllers throughout the continental United States; and the satellite-based Alaskan NAS Interfacility Communications System. About Harris Corporation Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets worldwide. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $5 billion of annual revenue and more than 15,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Harris Government Communications Systems, +1-321-727-6514, , Jim Burke, Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, , Marc Raimondi, Harris Corporation - Washington, D.C., +1-202-729-3732, Web Site: http://www.harris.com/

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