LONDON, Feb. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation's (NYSE: NOC) U.K.-based air traffic management
communications systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air
Systems, has been awarded a contract by South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure
and Transport to provide additional air traffic communication
system sites for delivering ground-to-air communications for the
Incheon, South Korea air traffic
control centre.
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The contract was awarded following an international competitive
tender process and based on price competitiveness and expertise in
the region as a supplier of the existing area control centre (ACC)
systems. The new contract will build on the current infrastructure
delivering an additional six remote sites that will further extend
the coverage for operations at Incheon ACC.
The system will include the Park Air T6 series of professional
ATC radio equipment, with 30 VHF channels and 32 UHF channels,
together with a remote control and monitoring system, to allow
centralised awareness of the equipment performance and
availability.
The contract is expected to be completed by mid-2015. Factory
acceptance testing and factory training will take place at the
company's U.K.-based facility. Northrop Grumman Park Air is
partnered with JoongAng Hitel, the local South Korean contractor
for installation services.
"We are very pleased to have been awarded this contract to
expand Incheon's ACC," said Charles
Houseago, managing director, Northrop Grumman Park Air
Systems. "We look forward to working again with the Korean air
traffic control authorities."
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems supplies ATC communication
systems for airspace operations worldwide with components designed
to ensure ease of purchase, installation and maintenance.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.