ITT Achieves FAA Milestone on ADS-B Air Traffic Modernization Program
September 16 2008 - 4:10PM
Business Wire
ITT Corporation today announced it has successfully deployed the
Automatic Dependent Surveillance � Broadcast (ADS-B) essential
services system for southern Florida, achieving Initial Operational
Capability (IOC) by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
ADS-B is a key component of the FAA�s Next Generation Air
Transportation System (NextGen) intended to increase safety and
efficiency to meet the growing needs of air transportation. The
essential services IOC milestone recognizes the availability of
broadcast services of air traffic, as well as weather and
aeronautical data information from 11 ADS-B ground stations in
southern Florida. The stations are supported by processing from an
ADS-B data center, radar data from FAA facilities, as well as a
weather and aeronautical data feed from ITT team member WSI.
Achieving IOC required the engineering, design, development,
integration and test of system infrastructure by ITT and
substantial independent test activity by the FAA. �This milestone
has been achieved in accordance with the FAA�s very aggressive
schedule,� said Mike Wilson, president of ITT�s Advanced
Engineering and Sciences business. �Achieving IOC represents an
important first step for the FAA�s NextGen program and is essential
to the nation�s journey toward a modernized national airspace
system. We are proud support the FAA�s outstanding ADS-B program
team.� In August 2007, ITT was awarded a $207 million initial
contract by the FAA to lead a team to develop and deploy the first
phase of the ADS-B ground infrastructure. When fully deployed
throughout the United States in 2013, the ADS-B ground
infrastructure system will enable very accurate aircraft position
data to be presented to air traffic controllers and will provide
dramatically enhanced aircraft situational awareness. This program
will allow an increasing number of aircraft to maintain safe
separation, conduct more precise airport approaches and departures,
and execute operations key to accommodating increased levels of
civil air traffic. About ITT Corporation ITT Corporation
(www.itt.com) is a diversified high-technology engineering and
manufacturing company dedicated to creating more livable
environments, enabling communications and providing protection and
safety. The company plays an important role in vital markets
including water and fluids management, global defense and security,
and motion and flow control. Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y.,
the company ITT employs approximately 40,000 people and generated
$9 billion in 2007 sales.
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