ADS-B Activated In South Florida

ITT Corp. on Tuesday said it achieved initial operational capability (IOC) for Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) essential services in southern Florida.
The essential services capability means that broadcast air-traffic, weather and aeronautical data is available from 11 ADS-B ground stations in the region. The stations are supported by processing from an ADS-B data center, radar data from FAA facilities, and a weather and aeronautical data feed from ITT team member WSI. Achieving IOC required the engineering, design, development, integration and test of the system infrastructure by ITT and independent test activity by the FAA.
ITT in August 2007 was awarded a $207 million initial contract by FAA to lead a team to develop and deploy the first phase of the ADS-B ground infrastructure.
"This milestone has been achieved in accordance with the FAA's very aggressive schedule," said Mike Wilson, president of ITT's Advanced Engineering and Sciences business. "Achieving IOC represents an important first step for the FAA's NextGen program and is essential to the nation's journey toward a modernized national airspace system."