NATS Selects Era for UK Height Monitoring Unit
March 03 2009 - 4:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
FAIRFAX, Va., March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Era Systems
Corporation, a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. (NYSE:SRX),
announced it has signed a contract to provide a comprehensive
height monitoring unit (HMU) to the United Kingdom (UK) air traffic
control provider NATS. Era's HMU solution will allow for a much
more comprehensive audit of aircraft in UK airspace than the
equipment it replaces, with improved quality of signal processing.
HMUs provide precise surveillance measurements in three dimensions
and are used to ensure target levels of safety can be delivered in
reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) airspace by comparing
actual altitude to assigned and reported altitude. Era's system
will provide continuous monitoring primarily of the NATS North
Atlantic traffic and also will support approval for aircraft flying
in RVSM airspace. The system for NATS will use the latest
generation of the Era surveillance technology already deployed in
Eurocontrol's HMU based in Linz, Austria, which has a very long
history of high performance and reliability. "Having been involved
in all of the previous HMU deployments in Europe, I am particularly
pleased to be able to work with NATS on the next generation of HMU
systems, based on Era's rugged, proven, high performance MSS
multilateration platform," said Tim Quilter, Era's UK-based
Director of Product Development. "As traffic densities increase,
the global requirement for HMU systems is rising and the NATS/Era
system will incorporate the experience of both organizations to
develop the most advanced HMU system in the world." "Era's proven
MSS surveillance platform, coupled with the knowledge and
experience of some of the key Era people, gave NATS a lot of
confidence in this selection," said Khalid El Seed, NATS Project
Manager. "RVSM compliance in the busy transatlantic routes is a
critical safety issue and we look forward to working with Era on
this next generation HMU system. The data will be used by the NATS
Central Monitoring Agency under its ICAO terms of reference." The
contract for NATS includes the deployment of Era's MSS(SM)
Multilateration and ADS-B surveillance system to provide
high-precision, three dimensional position information to a
sophisticated database and analysis system which can identify
altitude deviations and report performance by aircraft, airline or
by individual movement. From periodic analysis of individual
aircraft compliance data, NATS will be able to monitor airframe
performance in its RVSM airspace. Acquired by SRA in July 2008, Era
Systems Corporation provides advanced surveillance technologies for
the air traffic management, airport operations, military and
security markets. For more information about Era, visit
http://www.sra.com/era. SRA does not announce sales amounts for
individual Era contracts; Era contracts for their air traffic
management business typically range in value of $1-2 million, and
may be up to $5 million. About SRA International, Inc. SRA and its
subsidiaries are dedicated to solving complex problems of global
significance for government organizations serving the national
security, civil government and global health markets. Founded in
1978, the company and its subsidiaries have expertise in such areas
as air surveillance and air traffic management; contract research
organization (CRO) services; cybersecurity; disaster response
planning; enterprise resource planning; environmental strategies;
IT systems, infrastructure and managed services; logistics; public
health preparedness; strategic management consulting; systems
engineering; and wireless integration. FORTUNE(R) magazine has
chosen SRA as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for ten
consecutive years. The company and its subsidiaries employ more
than 6,900 employees serving clients from headquarters in Fairfax,
Va., and offices around the world. For additional information on
SRA, please visit http://www.sra.com/. Any statements in this press
release about future expectations, plans, and prospects for SRA,
including statements about the estimated value of the contract and
work to be performed, and other statements containing the words
"estimates," "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will,"
and similar expressions, constitute forward-looking statements
within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated
by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the
forward-looking statements included in this press release represent
our views as of March 3, 2009. We anticipate that subsequent events
and developments will cause our views to change. However, while we
may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point
in the future, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so.
These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as
representing our views as of any date subsequent to March 3, 2009.
DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT: Sheila S. Blackwell,
Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs,
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