[May 17, 2013] Northrop Grumman enhances air safety in East Shetland Basin with deployment of new IP-based air traffic communication system Tweet May 17, 2013 (WORLDWIDE COMPUTER PRODUCTS NEWS via COMTEX) -- Security systems provider Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced on Friday that Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, its Europe-based air traffic management systems subsidiary, in collaboration with UK air traffic management services provider NATS, has supplied an airspace communication system to improve air safety in an area of the North Sea. The company said Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems was chosen to supply an area coverage system for air traffic control radio communications in the East Shetland Basin, an oil-producing area of the North Sea. An IP network that interlinks Park Air T6 radio installations on three production facilities with the NATS Aberdeen control centre was deployed to meet the system requirements to provide air traffic control voice services to helicopter flights in the area. This deployment enables voice and remote control data over an IP Wide Area Network and is implemented in accordance with the international ED-137 standard. The European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment Working Group 67 has developed a global standard for voice over Internet protocol for air traffic management and Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has been an active member since the group was formed, the company added. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]