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L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that Aviation
Communications and Surveillance Systems (ACSS), an L-3 Communications
& Thales Company, has met all of its development milestones on
schedule, since SafeRoute(TM) development was announced at the 2005
Paris Air Show, leading to the submittal of technical standard order
(TSO) documentation to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) last
Friday, June 15.
With TSO paperwork submitted, L-3 now looks forward to receiving
certification in the coming weeks for the first automatic dependent
surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) product for commercial aviation. UPS
will begin fleetwide installation of SafeRoute beginning this summer.
"This is truly an historic event," said Kris Ganase, President of
ACSS, who, at the Paris Air Show in 2005, announced the SafeRoute
development program and UPS Airlines as the launch customer. "There
are not many avionics suppliers who say they will certify in a certain
time frame and actually do it. It's a credit to our great team at
ACSS, a motivated launch customer in UPS, and a group of innovative
partners who helped us bring this product to market on time."
L-3 acknowledges the following partner companies for their
contributions to the program:
-- Astronautics - Joint developer with L-3 of the Cockpit Display
of Traffic Information (CDTI) software
-- Boeing - Supplier of the Electronic Flight Bag (used to
display SafeRoute in the cockpit for UPS)
-- Gables Engineering - Developer of the ADS-B Guidance Display
(AGD) which interacts with the L-3 Surveillance Processor to
display SafeRoute information
-- Jeppesen - Provider of navigation and airport map database
"The FAA also deserves thanks for working closely with us to bring
the anticipated timeline for developing and implementing this
technology forward," said Mr. Ganase.
SafeRoute is a unique set of safety and efficiency software
solutions based on ADS-B technology. The system features two unique
functional areas: Surface Area Movement Management (SAMM) and Merging
& Spacing (M&S).
The SAMM application provides flight crews with an airport surface
map and tracks the movements of aircraft and other ground and airborne
traffic in the terminal area, and alerts crews of potential conflicts.
With more and more attention being paid to the issue of runway
incursion, business jet OEMs and operators are looking for solutions
to what the FAA has called its "number one safety concern." The SAMM
application within SafeRoute delivers enhanced situational awareness
by using aircraft onboard surveillance technology coupled with
squittered ADS-B information to display traffic on an airport map to
reduce the possibility of runway incursions.
The SafeRoute M&S function makes use of on-board aircraft
surveillance capability to provide flight deck spacing commands that
allow aircraft to follow one another at the safest, most efficient
interval possible from cruise altitude to the runway. M&S will ensure
more consistent aircraft spacing while increasing capacity within the
terminal airspace. M&S will also enable Continuous Descent Arrivals
(CDA), which will further increase efficiency.
"Successful trials with CDAs flown in 2004 show the potential to
achieve a 30 percent reduction in noise and a 34 percent reduction in
emissions," said Capt. Karen Lee, UPS Director of Flight Operations.
"We also expect significant fuel savings from keeping our planes at
higher altitudes longer and being able to get our planes on the ground
faster."
Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS) is a 70%
owned L-3 Communications company. ACSS is a leader in safety avionics
systems that increase safety, situational awareness and efficiency for
aircraft operators. Based in Phoenix, its products include the TCAS
3000 and TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance systems;
MASS(TM), an enhanced TCAS for military operations; a family of Mode S
transponders; the T2CAS(R), and T3CAS(TM) integrated surveillance
systems; TAWS+, a stand-alone terrain awareness warning system; and
the Dlink+ communications management unit. The L-3 portfolio also
includes a suite of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast
solutions for pilots operating in the airport vicinity called
SafeRoute(TM). More than 45,000 units of L-3 product are operating in
commercial, corporate and military aircraft. To learn more about ACSS,
please visit the company's web site at www.L-3com.com/acss.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over
63,000 people worldwide and is a prime system contractor in aircraft
modernization and maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control,
Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems
and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of high
technology products, systems and subsystems. The company reported 2006
sales of $12.5 billion.
To learn more about L-3, please visit the company's web site at
www.L-3Com.com.
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