Northrop Grumman Receives $103 Million to Begin Upgrade to Joint STARS Air-Traffic Management Systems
18 Février 2005 - 12:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
Northrop Grumman Receives $103 Million to Begin Upgrade to Joint
STARS Air-Traffic Management Systems MELBOURNE, Fla., Feb. 17
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Air Force's fleet of E-8C
aircraft will receive updated air-traffic management systems under
a $103 million, three-year system design and development contract
recently awarded by the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom Air
Force Base, Mass., to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC). The
avionics of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
(Joint STARS) aircraft are being upgraded to satisfy new
international air-traffic management specifications governing
access to airspace. Under the Communication Navigation
Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) program, Northrop
Grumman will install hardware and software that will allow the
aircraft to operate in increasingly restrictive domestic and
international airspace. "Initially, we'll upgrade the E-8C testbed
aircraft with the Rockwell Collins-made 'Flight2' (air-traffic
management) system," said Dave Nagy, Northrop Grumman's vice
president for Joint STARS. This upgrade will replace existing
analog equipment with large flat-panel displays designed to enhance
information presentation and increase pilot situational awareness.
"This will turn the Joint STARS flight deck into a modernized
cockpit environment with cutting-edge 21st century technology, on
par with the newest commercial aircraft being delivered today." The
CNS/ATM system will be put through a rigorous certification process
before being installed in the rest of the Air Force's Joint STARS
fleet. The upgrade allows the Joint STARS fleet to meet the new
air-traffic environment requirements and provides a capability for
dynamic routing or "free flight," which allows aircraft operators
to choose their own routes, speeds and altitudes in real time.
Northrop Grumman will make the required modifications to the
testbed aircraft at its Integrated Systems sector facility in
Melbourne, Fla. The operational aircraft, flown by the 116th Air
Control Wing at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., will be upgraded under
a subsequent contract. Northrop Grumman is scheduled to deliver the
17th and final E-8C next month. Northrop Grumman Integrated
Systems, the prime contractor for the E-8C production and whole
life support programs, is a premier aerospace and defense systems
integration organization. Headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., it
designs, develops, produces and supports network-enabled integrated
systems and subsystems optimized for use in networks. For its
government and civil customers worldwide, Integrated Systems
delivers best-value solutions, products and services that support
military and homeland defense missions in the areas of
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; space access; battle
management command and control; and integrated strike warfare.
DATASOURCE: Northrop Grumman Corporation CONTACT: Press, Jim
Stratford of Northrop Grumman Corporation, +1-321-726-7526,
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