Exelis achieves factory acceptance testing for Aireon LLC’s global aircraft surveillance data processing & distribution gro...
18 Mayo 2015 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
The AireonSM system will enable
continuous space-based monitoring of aircraft
Exelis (NYSE:XLS), a leading provider of critical network
solutions, has achieved factory acceptance testing of the data
processing and distribution ground system for Aireon LLC’s (Aireon)
space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B)
surveillance technology.
Aireon’s space-based ADS-B surveillance technology takes
advantage of Iridium’s second-generation satellite constellation,
Iridium NEXT, to enable global and continuous space-based aircraft
monitoring. This enables Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs)
and stakeholders to surveil air traffic for all customers globally,
including over oceans, polar and remote regions where it is not
currently possible.
“Exelis will ensure that Aireon’s service seamlessly integrates
with, and extends, existing ground-based services,” said Ed
Sayadian, vice president of Civil & Aerospace Systems for
Exelis. “The factory acceptance achievement formally verifies that
all requirements and interfaces associated with the data processing
and distribution ground system were met. This system is
setting a foundational building block of a globally harmonized
space-based air traffic management system.”
The factory testing was performed in a lab environment using the
software and hardware that will be operationally deployed. The
testing scope included all functional, performance and interface
tests as well as all associated design verification methods to
demonstrate and verify that the ground system can receive target
data, process target reports, and then send reports to designated
ANSPs, in accordance with customer requirements. Deployment of
the ground system will be completed in May 2015.
“Only months away from the first satellite launch, we are closer
to making space-based ADS-B surveillance not only a concept, but a
true reality,” says Vincent Capezzuto, chief technology officer and
vice president of engineering, Aireon. He adds, “Exelis is playing
an integral part in delivering this technology globally and doing a
superb job in the validation and verification of the data and its
seamless integration with their automation system. By collaborating
with partners like Exelis, Aireon is one step closer to having a
fully deployed space-based ADS-B surveillance system available
globally in 2018.”
Exelis has been leading the design, engineering and
specification of the Aireon system by leveraging its experience
operating the nationwide terrestrial ADS-B system under the Federal
Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen initiative. The FAA’s ADS-B
network was fully deployed in March 2014. The program has performed
exceptionally since it was awarded to Exelis in August 2007,
meeting every operational milestone on schedule and within
budget.
ADS-B surveillance is based upon aircraft maintaining an
accurate state vector of position and velocity and periodically
broadcasting the data in short messages. In the Aireon system,
these data messages will be captured by one or more payloads,
demodulated and decoded, and then sent in periodic reports to a
centralized data processing facility on the ground via the Iridium
NEXT satellite constellation. The ground data processing facility
will process the reports received from the payloads and provide
reports in a defined airspace to ANSPs.
About Exelis
Exelis is a diversified, top-tier global aerospace, defense,
information and services company that leverages a greater than
50-year legacy of deep customer knowledge and technical expertise
to deliver affordable, mission-critical solutions for global
customers. Exelis is a leader in positioning and navigation,
sensors, air traffic management solutions, image processing and
distribution, communications and information systems; and focused
on strategic growth in the areas of critical networks, ISR and
analytics, electronic warfare and composite aerostructures.
Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Exelis employs approximately
10,000 people and generated 2014 sales of approximately $3.3
billion. For more information, visit our website at
www.exelisinc.com or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter and
YouTube.
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