Fri, Jan 23, 2004
Raytheon Wins Contract For Air Traffic Management
Systems
On Wednesday, Raytheon
Company announced it was awarded a contract to supply turnkey air
traffic management systems for airports in Iraq. The initial award
is for $10.5 million, with additional equipment options of up to
$38.9 million.
Work under this contract will restore full, all weather air traffic
control capability to the key commercial airports in Iraq and
reestablish the infrastructure needed in order for Iraq to rejoin
the international air traffic community. Raytheon will supply
state-of-the-art navigation and landing aids, airfield lighting,
airport meteorological equipment, as well its latest field-proven
all solid-state, digital terminal area surveillance radars and
Raytheon AutoTrac II air traffic management systems.
"A fully restored and operable air traffic system is key to
rebuilding Iraq's infrastructure and to reopening trade and
commerce," said Andrew Goldman, vice president of Raytheon's
International Air Traffic Management Systems. "Raytheon is prepared
to provide ATM systems rapidly to establish a highly reliable and
easily expandable air traffic control system."
Raytheon's fully
digital solid-state radar provides airport terminal area primary
surveillance coverage to 60 nautical miles and secondary
surveillance to 120 nautical miles. The radar uses advanced signal
processing to provide greatly improved target and weather
processing in addition to providing digital data to support the
advanced capabilities of Raytheon's AutoTrac II
air traffic management system.
Raytheon's AutoTrac ATM system is in operational service in
more
locations than any other modern ATM system. More than 350
systems have been delivered worldwide. AutoTrac incorporates
features to improve air safety, increase airspace capacity and
provide increased air traffic controller efficiency while providing
high performance and high reliability. The system is scalable to
meet the requirements of the full range of ATM domains including
control tower, terminal/approach control, and en route.
The contract in Iraq further expands Raytheon's air traffic
management systems presence in the Middle East. Current
customers in the region include United Arab Emirates, Oman, Lebanon
and Saudi Arabia.
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