Norway civil aviation authority commissions Raytheon's air traffic control system for Oslo center

Business Wire, April 9, 1996

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1996--Raytheon Electronic Systems has achieved another aviation milestone with the operational commissioning of the new air traffic control center in Royken, near Oslo in Norway.

The ATC Center controls Southern Norwegian airspace, as well as providing control capabilities for the four southern airports of Fornebu, Rygge, Torp and Gardenmoen. Also included are links to the flight database from Kristansand, Stavanger, and Trondheim and international links to Malmo, Stockholm, and Copenhagen for the coordination of flight information. As part of the contract, eight additional stand alone airport control systems were delivered in conjunction with Norcontrol. In a separate contract Cossor -- Raytheon's United Kingdom subsidiary has delivered ten monopulse/secondary radars to Norway's Civil Aviation Administration (CAA or Luftfartsverket). The eleventh was delivered to Statoil.

"The Oslo Air Traffic Control system is the first Open Architecture System in the world and was delivered on schedule to the Norwegian CAA," said C. Dale Reis, Raytheon senior vice president and deputy general manager of Raytheon Electronic Systems. "Raytheon continues to increase its strength as a world-class leader in air traffic control systems. Our capability to combine mature, proven software with the latest off-the-shelf hardware to produce the most reliable, accurate air traffic control system is recognized by both the U.S. and international customers."

The Oslo system includes 58 air traffic control positions of which 28 are operational, 18 are training and 12 are pilot positions. Each air traffic controller has a large 20-inch square display for radar and air traffic situation data, a display for flight data, and another for aeronautical information.

The system, incorporating Raytheon's radar data processing along with flight data processing from Raytheon's partner Ceselsa, is fully integrated to provide efficient and accurate air traffic management. The duplicated operational system and additional separate emergency back-up system provide high availability insuring less than one mission failure in ten years.

In addition to the operational system, the connected eight-position training system enables controllers to be trained in actual use of the operational consoles before handling live traffic. Controllers interact with 12 pseudo pilots to ensure realism and are exposed to normal and extraordinary, emergency situations. In all, the system consists of 174 computers and is one of the largest installations of its type in the world. Alan Gardiner, Raytheon's Norway Program Manager said, "In addition to being the first open architecture system in the world, this system contains other features to increase air safety. It contains minimum safe altitude warnings, alerting controllers if aircraft are flying too low over designated areas. It also contains a built-in collision avoidance system which constantly predicts ahead and gives a warning if aircraft will pass too close to each other. These and other features make this Oslo system the most advanced in the world. We are proud to have been able to work with the Luftfartsverket to create this system in Norway. We look forward to a successful relationship with the Luftfartsverket."

In the past five years, Raytheon has scored increasing success in air traffic control systems and radars. In Europe, Raytheon is providing major air traffic control systems for the Deutsche Flugsicherung GmvH (German Air Navigation Service) in Germany, and the Luchtverkeersbeveiliging (LVB or Air Traffic Control) at Schipol in The Netherlands, as well as having provided radar systems for the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Greece, Cyprus, and Germany.

Raytheon is also installing substantial air traffic control systems worldwide in India, Oman, Hong Kong, China, Australia, as well as providing satellite communications for Russia.

In North America, Raytheon is providing display systems for the next generation FAA systems, and is currently installing 47 terminal doppler weather radar systems in major airports and FAA Technical Centers across the United States.

Raytheon Company is a $12 billion, international, high technology company which also operates in commercial electronics, engineering and construction, aircraft, and major appliances.

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