Thu, Apr 21, 2005
Company Will Build 25 More Systems For Civilian And Military
Use
The FAA has awarded Raytheon Company
a $57 million contract option for continued deployment of the
Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS), which is
now in service with the FAA and the Department of Defense (DoD).
Contract options include production and deployment of 14 systems
for the FAA and nine for the DoD, as well as logistics and support
activities. This option completes Phase 1A of the STARS deployment
plan.
"More than 100 STARS systems delivered and 52 controlling live
air traffic further confirm that STARS is the right choice for FAA
and DoD terminal air traffic control missions," said Andy Zogg,
vice president of Raytheon Airspace Management and Homeland
Security. "We look forward to continuing our successful partnership
with the FAA, National Air Traffic Controllers Association and
Professional Airways Systems Specialists as we proceed down the
STARS deployment waterfall."
STARS is a joint procurement for the
FAA and DoD. Thirty-one FAA and 21 DoD sites are currently
controlling air traffic with STARS. These sites are supported with
a national, joint FAA/DoD infrastructure of training, maintenance,
testing and logistics.
The STARS System is a highly reliable, open architecture air
traffic automation system that provides new high resolution color
displays, new computer processing and communication equipment.
System features include a six-level display of weather conditions,
multi-radar tracking capability in addition to rapid, easy
incorporation of new hardware and software. The STARS terminal
controller workstations provide position-by-position, in-place
replacement of aging existing system displays.
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