-- WSI, the leader in aviation weather, is contracted to provide continuous weather data --
Andover, MA. - April 19, 2004
WSI Corporation today announced that it has been contracted
to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through MITRE Corporation
to provide weather information for use in the FAA’s East
Coast Evaluation of the Automatic Dependant Surveillance –
Broadcast (ADS-B) system. The ADS-B system provides aircraft
position reports and weather data to aircraft and ground stations
equipped with a Universal Access Transceiver (UAT). One hundred
aircraft are planned to participate in the evaluation that will
be conducted in the area of up to fourteen broadcast stations
situated along the Mid-Atlantic to Southeastern coast of the
United States. The FAA’s evaluation period of the system
has been designated to run through the end of December 2004.
WSI is the only commercial provider of in-flight information
to have been selected for the trial.
“The award of the ADS-B contract to WSI is a testament
to our commitment to innovation and quality weather information
services,” commented Lynne Wilson, Executive Vice President
of WSI’s Aviation and Marine Business Group. WSI has
cooperated with the government on many aviation safety and
weather service research and development projects over the
years. The company has contracts with the Volpe National Transportation
Systems Center, MITRE Center for Advanced Aviation Systems
Development, MIT Lincoln Labs, FAA Technical Center, NOAA
Forecast Systems Lab, and NASA. “We have supported projects
such as the Lincoln Labs' Mode S Datalink for weather product
transmission, NASA's Aviation Weather Information Network
(AWIN), and ATC metering tools with MITRE CAASD,” continued
Wilson. “This latest R&D effort is an integral part
of our efforts to deliver superior services to the Commercial,
General and Governmental segments of the Aviation Industry.”
Initially, WSI will provide WSI NOWrad®, and textual
reports to the ADS-B East Coast system. The inclusion of additional
specific weather products in the ADS-B system will be dependent
upon the evaluation of the FAA.
About WSI Corporation
WSI Corporation is the world's leading provider of weather-driven
business solutions for professionals in the aviation, media
and energy markets, and multiple federal and state government
agencies. WSI is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts with
offices in Birmingham, England, and is a wholly owned subsidiary
of Landmark Communications.
Contacts:
Paul Devlin
WSI Corporation
(978) 983-6766
pdevlin@wsi.com
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