SRA Selected by FAA for Low Cost Ground Surveillance Program
April 21 2009 - 4:01PM
PR Newswire (US)
Leveraging Era's Domain Expertise to Rapidly Deliver a Mission
Critical Surveillance Solution - Contract's Value is over $20M
FAIRFAX, Va., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- SRA International,
Inc. (NYSE:SRX), a leading provider of technology and strategic
consulting services and solutions to government organizations and
commercial clients, today announced it has been awarded a five year
indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) delivery order-based
contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide a
low cost ground surveillance (LCGS) solution for small- to
medium-sized airports in the National Airspace System (NAS). This
builds on SRA's long standing relationship with the FAA and
leverages the company's domain expertise in surveillance
technology. The multiple-award contract has a ceiling value of more
than $20 million over five years. One of the FAA's top priorities
is to reduce the risk of runway incursions in the NAS while
maximizing operational efficiency and ensuring airport capacity.
The LCGS program is one of several initiatives aimed at reducing
the number and severity of incidents at close to 500 U.S. towered
airports where current airport surface detection equipment (i.e.
ASDE-3 and ASDE-X) is too expensive to deploy. LCGS would provide
an added layer of safety by giving air traffic controllers basic
ground surveillance for aircraft and vehicles operating on runways
and adjacent taxiways. LCGS would also provide a foundational
platform for future runway safety applications and systems. "The
solution that SRA will deliver to the FAA is derived from a mature
commercial off-the-shelf advanced surface movement guidance and
control system (COTS A-SMGCS) that is currently operational at
large international airports, such as Frankfurt and Munich, which
typically rank in the top 20 world airports by number of aircraft
movements," said SRA President and CEO Stan Sloane. "We are
committed to supporting the FAA's mission of reducing the risk of
runway incursions in the U.S. by delivering a highly advanced, yet
cost-effective solution for airports in the national airspace
system." SRA's LCGS solution, which has an intuitive and
configurable ATC computer-human interface (CHI), is easily scalable
and adaptable to accommodate varying airport sizes and runway
configurations in a range of visibility and weather conditions.
SRA's solution provides the FAA and airport authorities with a
platform that can cost-effectively expand to meet their future
requirements, such as the need to integrate ADS-B information,
airfield lighting control systems, traffic information
system-broadcast (TIS-B) and multiltateration surveillance
technologies. "Deploying an LCGS solution to multiple, unique
airports in a timely manner, at an affordable cost and with low
risk, requires an experienced systems integration team that can
combine proven COTS components to meet the FAA's critical program
requirements and has also delivered an operationally proven
integrated system at the most complex airports," said Bernard
Asare, SRA's director for the Americas region. "SRA has the skills
and experience. With the expertise to understand available airport
surveillance technologies, we proposed an LCGS solution consisting
of HITT's A3000 ATC display and surveillance data fusion system
integrated with Terma's SCANTER X-Band surface movement radar
(SMR)." For more than 30 years, SRA has provided the U.S. federal
government with advanced information technology systems integration
and services to solve complex problems of national significance.
Era Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of SRA, also brings more than
30 years of experience delivering complex airport systems in
diverse environments worldwide. 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
April 21, 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 April 21, 2009.
DATASOURCE: SRA International, Inc. CONTACT: Sheila S. Blackwell,
Vice President, Communications & Public Affairs,
+1-703-227-8345, , or Daniel Finkel, Manager, Sector
Communications, +1-703-284-6263, , both of SRA International, Inc.
Web Site: http://www.sra.com/
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