AIRPORT SYSTEMS AWARDED FAA NAVAID CONTRACT; WORK INVOLVES UPGRADES AT U.S. AIRPORTS.OVERLAND PARK Overland Park, city (1990 pop. 111,790), Johnson co., NE Kans., a residential suburb of Kansas City; inc. 1960. There is printing and publishing, and the manufacture of apparel, aircraft parts, cement, prepared foods, salt, chemicals, marine accessories, and signs. , Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 1997--Airport Systems International, Inc. (Nasdaq/NM:ASII) today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Federal Aviation Authority for the delivery of 38 DMEs (distance measuring equipment Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) is a transponder-based radio navigation technology that measures distance by timing the propagation delay of VHF or UHF radio signals. ). The contract, which is valued at approximately $2.1 million, involves the installation of these navaids to upgrade the ground-based navigational systems Noun 1. navigational system - a system that provides information useful in determining the position and course of a ship or aircraft Global Positioning System, GPS - a navigational system involving satellites and computers that can determine the latitude and at various airports within the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . The contract also includes options for 20 additional DMEs valued at approximately $1 million. Keith S. Cowan, president and chief executive officer, remarked "We are pleased to have been selected by the FAA for this very important project. Airport Systems has successfully competed for each of the two major DME (Distributed Management Environment) A network monitoring and control protocol defined by the Open Software Foundation (now The Open Group). DME was not widely used. DME - Distributed Management Environment procurements by the FAA over the past five years. This award firmly establishes Airport Systems as a leading supplier of navaids to the FAA and will strengthen our position relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc future navaid procurements, including GPS. We expect to start deliveries related to this contract during our fourth fiscal quarter which starts next month." Airport Systems International, Inc. designs, manufactures, markets and installs ground-based equipment (navaids) and airfield signs to aid the in-flight navigation and ground movement of aircraft. The Company's products are used worldwide to guide the navigation of aircraft in various phases of a flight and in all visibility conditions. CONTACT: Airport Systems International Inc., Overland Thomas C. Cargin, 913/495-2614 |
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