Apptis, NAV CANADA Announce Strategic Partnership On Air Traffic Control Systems.CHANTILLY, Va. -- Apptis, Inc. a Northern Virginia Northern Virginia (NoVA) consists of Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William counties and the independent cities of Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax, Manassas, and Manassas Park. systems integrator and NAV CANADA NAV CANADA is a privately run, non-profit organization that operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS) and employs approximately 2,000 air traffic controllers (ATCs), 800 flight service specialists (FSSs) and 700 Technologists. , the Canadian civil Air Navigation Services provider, today announced a strategic partnership whereby Apptis will assist NAV CANADA in marketing, deploying and supporting proven air traffic control automation and management tools and techniques for use in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular ). The two tools that will be included in the partnership are the Visual Aircraft Spacing Tool (VAST), and the Scheduling and Sequencing System (SASS See SAS. ). VAST is operational within the Canadian air traffic control system, while SASS has passed Operational Evaluation in Toronto, with final implementation set for Winter 2006. VAST increases airport capacity and reduces delays by allowing controllers to space aircraft on converging and parallel approaches, particularly during times of low visibility. SASS is an automation aid that allows controllers to better "line up" aircraft as they begin to converge on a busy airport allowing more aircraft to move through the airspace and into the terminal area, significantly improving the efficient use of the available airspace. In announcing the alliance, Sid Koslow, NAV CANADA Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for NAV CANADA said, "We very much value Apptis' domain expertise specific to the U.S. system and we believe that together we can offer quicker, more cost effective solutions to the NAS challenges." Frank Frisbie, Apptis Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, said, "NAV CANADA has shown itself to be a model for practical, cost effective development and rapid deployment of technologic and managerial change to meet the needs of civil aviation in the modern era. Apptis provides technical, program, product, and operations support for the NAS real-time enroute, terminal, oceanic, flight service, weather, and communications systems. Coupling our skill set and resources with the proven products from our partner will assist in driving these proven products into other aviation markets. With demonstrated experience on over 25 NAS systems, Apptis is integral to the maintenance and enhancement of the NAS on a daily basis." About Apptis, Inc. For more than two decades, Apptis has been providing IT solutions and services to government and industry. Applying leading technologies to diverse needs, Apptis delivers inspiring solutions that are agile, trusted and business-aligned for optimized performance. The company's robust enterprise-wide capabilities include Managed IT Solutions, Enterprise Support Services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services , Network Engineering and Convergence, Software Engineering and Development, IT Security, and Business Process Outsourcing Business process outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business task, such as payroll, to a third-party service provider. Usually, BPO is implemented as a cost-saving measure for tasks that a company requires but does not depend upon to maintain its position in . The company values integrity and partnership, encouraging its knowledgeable, ethical and flexible professionals to build strong collaborative relationships with customers. Apptis is privately held with headquarters in Chantilly, Va. 2004 pro forma As a matter of form or for the sake of form. Used to describe accounting, financial, and other statements or conclusions based upon assumed or anticipated facts. The phrase pro forma gross revenues exceeded $600 million. About NAV CANADA NAV CANADA is the non-share capital, private corporation that owns and operates Canada's civil air navigation system. With operations coast to coast, the Company provides air traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical aer·o·nau·tic also aer·o·nau·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to aeronautics. aer  o·nau information, airport advisory services advisory servicesadvisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal and electronic aids to navigation for more than 11 million aircraft movements per year, including 1000 movements per day in the world's busiest oceanic airspace, the North Atlantic. NAV CANADA also develops innovative ANS (ANS Communications, Inc, Purchase, NY) An ISP, Internet backbone and provider of private data network services, founded in 1990 as Advanced Network & Services, Inc., by IBM, MCI and Merit (consortium of Michigan universities). technologies for use in its own system and by other ANS providers to ensure safe, efficient and cost effective service. |
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