Park Air Provides ATC Gear to Brazil

Park Air Systems has been awarded a contract by the Brazilian Airspace Control System Implementation Commission (CISCEA) to supply and install complete UHF/VHF T6 extended range communication stations at multiple sites across Southern Brazil. The contract valued at $19M was awarded following an international competitive tender process. Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will provide a turnkey solution that will integrate the company's PAE T6 UHF/VHF range of equipment, manufactured in the UK, with locally supplied equipment including equipment shelters, standby power, masts and antennas into a complete extended range communication system. The communication stations will be installed at more than 20 sites across Southern Brazil in the second Integrated Centre for Air Defence and Air Traffic Control (CINDACTA II) region and will integrate the new stations into the customers' existing infrastructure. CINDACTA II is one of the four main air traffic control centers administrated by Brazil's Departamento de Controle do Espaco Aereo (DECEA). At the completion of this contract, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will have equipped more than 75 sites delivering communications services across half of Brazil's airspace. The five-year contract is expected to be completed in 2014. The award follows on from previous contracts award ed to Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems in recent years in Brazil.