Litton selected by Tower Air to provide navigation systems for 747 aircraft.WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 1997--Tower Air, one of the busiest carriers at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport
John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK , has selected the LTN-92 Ring Laser Gyro Inertial Navigation System Noun 1. inertial navigation system - a system to control a plane or spacecraft; uses inertial forces inertial guidance system robot pilot, automatic pilot, autopilot - a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady (INS INS abbr. 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service 2. International News Service Noun 1. INS ) produced by Litton's Aero Products Division for six of Tower Air's Boeing 747 aircraft. The installation of the INS systems is scheduled to be completed in fall 1997. Both companies are negotiating the possibility of installing the system on Tower's remaining fleet. ``We are extremely pleased that Tower Air selected our LTN-92 inertial navigation system for their B747 aircraft. The LTN-92 will enhance the performance of the aircraft and position Litton for future sales in the 500-plus Boeing 747 aircraft market,'' said Leon A. Webrand, division president of Aero Products. ``The installation of the LTN-92, and eventually Litton's LTN-99, insures that Tower's fleet is poised to take advantage of developments in the CNS-ATM CNS-ATM Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance - Air Traffic Management environment and will help us maintain our competitive edge in the industry,'' said Guy A. Nachtomi, vice president of operations, Tower Air. Litton's LTN-92 provides Tower Air with a clear path to meeting the navigation portion of the Communication/Navigation/Surveillance (CNS See Continuous net settlement. CNS See continuous net settlement (CNS). ) Order when Required Navigation Performance Required Navigation Performance (RNP) is defined by ICAO as "a statement of the navigation performance necessary for operation within a defined airspace". Part of a broader concept called "Performance-based Navigation," RNP is a method of implementing routes and flight paths that (RNP-10) is implemented by ICAO ICAO abbr. International Civil Aeronautics Organization Noun 1. ICAO - the United Nations agency concerned with civil aviation International Civil Aviation Organization . Future over-water requirements for navigation systems will be met by upgrading the LTN-92. The upgraded LTN-92, to be called the LTN-99, will permit Tower Air to meet the CNS Air Traffic Management requirements through planned upgrades and provide integrated embedded GPS navigation and Multifunction Control Display units with Flight Management System capabilities. The LTN-99 will also incorporate a patented software algorithm developed by Litton Aero Products called Autonomous Integrity Monitored Extrapolation (mathematics, algorithm) extrapolation - A mathematical procedure which estimates values of a function for certain desired inputs given values for known inputs. If the desired input is outside the range of the known values this is called extrapolation, if it is inside then (AIME). AIME will permit the INS/GPS to be used as the sole means of aircraft navigation. Tower Air will be the first major air carrier to use Litton's LTN-99 INS system. Tower Air, considered to be a leader in the low-fare market, has headquarters and its hub at JFK Airport. The airline began operation in 1983 and operates scheduled service from New York to Miami; San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (IPA: [saŋ hwaŋ]) (from the Spanish San Juan Bautista, "Saint John the Baptist") is the capital and largest municipality on Puerto Rico. ; Los Angeles; San Francisco's Oakland Airport; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Paris; and Tel Aviv, Israel. Additionally, the company provides worldwide commercial and military charters as well as cargo service. Litton's Aero Products Division, with headquarters in Woodland Hills, develops and sells Inertial Reference and Inertial Navigation Systems for commercial and land-based military aircraft. Litton Industries, also with headquarters in Woodland Hills, is a leader in worldwide technology markets for advanced electronic, defense and information systems, and is a major designer and builder of surface combat ships for the U.S. Navy and allied nations. CONTACT: Litton Industries Inc. Brandon Belote, 703/413-1521 |
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