Northrop Grumman The Winning Bidder

The contract for Low Cost Ground Surveillance at Reno, Nevada Airport has gone to Northrop Grumman Corporation. The contract included options for installation of the system at other airports around the country.

LCGS will provide surface surveillance at U.S. airports to significantly upgrade efficiency and safety. The system is designed to heighten situational awareness of ground traffic at the airport. This can particularly benefit small to medium sized airports where air traffic controllers often rely on what they can see "out the window" to avoid ground based accidents. Bad weather can often make that challenging at best.

Northrop Grumman's solution features the NOVA 9000 developed by Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems. The equipment processes and integrates radar and related data to display graphical views of aircraft and vehicles on display screens to controllers in the tower.

"We are pleased the FAA has chosen our solution that is based on the most widely installed and trusted ground surveillance system in the world," said Roger Fujii, vice president of Network Communication Systems for Northrop Grumman's Information Systems sector. "We look forward to working with the FAA and furthering the safety of traffic on airport runways and taxiways."

The company says 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.

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