OSLO, Norway, 19 Nov. 2009. Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) announced that its Europe-based subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, won a multi-million dollar contract by SELEX Systemi Integrati of Italy for the provision of an integrated air traffic management (ATM) systems package for the New Doha International Airport in Qatar.
"The integrated ATM package that we will be providing will help facilitate the handling of the heavy volume of flights that this new international airport will face in the years ahead," says Eldar Hauge, managing director for Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems in Oslo, Norway. "We look forward to developing a close partnership with SELEX over the coming months and to delivering the system capability that will contribute to the operational success of this world class airport."
Under the contract Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will supply and install a ground-to-air communications system; the instrument landing systems; a digital voice and radar recording system; and a surface movement guidance and control system, which includes surface movement radars and multi-lateration sensors integrated with SELEX's automation system.
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, based in Peterborough, United Kingdom and in Oslo and Horten, Norway, supplies air traffic management systems for air-space operations worldwide.
In continental Europe Northrop Grumman operates from locations in France, Germany, Italy and Norway, providing navigation, air traffic control and postal automation systems.
