Friday, March 05, 2010

DTN News: Northrop Grumman Highlights Integrated Communication, Navigation, And Surveillance Air Traffic Management Solutions At ATC Global 2010

DTN News: Northrop Grumman Highlights Integrated Communication, Navigation, And Surveillance Air Traffic Management Solutions At ATC Global 2010 Source: DTN News / Northrop Grumman (NSI News Source Info) LONDON, UK - March 6, 2010: Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is participating in ATC Global 2010 where it will highlight its fully integrated communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management capabilities. ATC Global 2010 is the world's leading air navigation services exhibition and conference and takes place from 9-11 March at the RAI exhibition centre, Amsterdam. Northrop Grumman's Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will be exhibiting at Stand H600. Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems is a multi-national operation and has facilities in the UK and Norway. It designs and manufactures air traffic management solutions for civilian and military air traffic service providers and has an installed base in more than 170 countries. "ATC Global is the leading air traffic management showcase at which we see our customers and partners from around the world," said Charles Houseago, managing director of Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems in the UK. "It provides a perfect environment to share information with our valued clients and to demonstrate our latest developments." On display will be the full range of air traffic management solutions from across the company's communication, navigation and surveillance product lines. The capabilities of the VOIP-enabled PAE T6 and PAE M7 VHF/UHF multimode digital radio will be working together with the GAREX 220 voice communication control system to demonstrate a digital end-to-end communications solution. The company's NORMARC navigational equipment capabilities will be highlighted with the NORMARC 7000 instrument landing system, NORMARC 7710 navigation analyser and the new NORMARC distance measuring equipment. The surveillance equipment on display will include the NOVA 9000 air traffic control systems for tower and approach control, air traffic control centres and advanced-surface movement guidance and control systems (A-SMGCS). The NOVA 9000 processes and integrates radar and related data to give graphical views of aircraft and vehicles in the airport movement area on display screens to controllers in the tower. The system offers integrated and efficient airport ground surveillance to the world's airports and has been installed in more than 40 airports throughout more than 20 countries. The NOVA 9000 is cost-effective and easy to install and operate, and its scalability allows suitability for installation at small airports as well as some of the world's largest and busiest airports such as London Heathrow and Paris-Charles de Gaulle. With a 50-year legacy in air traffic management systems ranging from individual airport installations to countrywide, multiple-site turnkey integrated system solutions, Northrop Grumman's state-of-the-art air traffic management systems are operationally controlling air traffic in numerous countries around the world including recent major programmes in: Norway, Brazil, Qatar, Oman, Canada, India, Poland, UAE, USA and the UK, in both civil and military applications. Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems based in Peterborough, UK, and Oslo and Horten, Norway, supplies communication, navigation and surveillance systems for air-space operations worldwide. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide.

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