Air Traffic control computer upgrade operational ten months ahead of schedule.AURORA Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 17, 1997--The Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA), has put into operation the first Display Channel Complex Rehost (DCCR DCCr Data Communication Channel Regenerator (Section) DCCR Declaration of Conditions, Covenants and Restrictions (real estate) DCCR Dependencies on Concrete Classes Rules DCCR Dual Counter Rotating Ring ) system, a critical air traffic control computer upgrade delivered 10 months ahead of the FAA's schedule by Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management, a business unit of Lockheed Martin (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LMT LMT left mentotransverse (position of fetus). ). DCCR replaces aging IBM 9020E display computers with modern mainframe processors at five FAA Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs). The first system was placed into full operational service on December 28, 1996, at the Chicago ARTCC ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center and is successfully controlling air traffic in one of the world's busiest airspaces. Commenting on the DCCR commissioning, Robert J. Stevens Robert J. Stevens (born c.1952) serves as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lockheed Martin. Born in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, Stevens is a 1976 summa cum laude graduate of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania from which he received the 2003 , president, Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management, commended the teamwork between the FAA and Lockheed Martin. "Working together, our teams met or exceeded every milestone, delivering the program 10 months ahead of the FAA's commitment to Congress," he said. "We're proud of our role in this outstanding effort and look forward to similar successes as we continue to roll out DCCR and move ahead with the Display System Replacement program." The remaining DCCR systems have been accepted at the Dallas-Fort Worth and Washington ARTCCs, and are undergoing final testing at the Cleveland and New York ARTCCs. They will be operational for at least 20 months until they are replaced with the Display System Replacement, which will provide a new en route system infrastructure, including modern air traffic controller workstations. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , DCCR will provide valuable service, helping some of the nation's busiest ARTCCs avoid air traffic delays caused by display channel computer failures. Lockheed Martin Air Traffic Management is based in Rockville, Md. and is responsible for major air traffic control automation efforts in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. Lockheed Martin is a highly diversified, global enterprise principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology products and services. The Corporation conducts its business through six major sectors: Aeronautics, C3I & Systems Integration, Electronics, Energy & Environment, Information & Services, and Space & Strategic Missiles. The Corporation, headquartered in Bethesda, Md., employs more than 190,000 people worldwide and has annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. sales of approximately $30 billion. CONTACT: Judy Gan (301) 640-3799 |
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