Park Air Systems - Ground-Based Air Traffic Control Systems

Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems delivers a safety-critical portfolio of equipments and integration for civil and military aviation customers, it has an installed operational base in over 170 countries providing communication, navigation and surveillance solutions for the world’s airspace. Based in Norway and the UK, the company comprises over 400 aviation professionals dedicated to delivering advanced air traffic control solutions.

Ground-based air traffic control systems

Park Air Systems’ history stretches back over 90 years, throughout all this time the organisation has specialized in providing safety-critical systems to both the aviation industry and other transport sectors. Today Park Air Systems dedicates itself completely to designing, manufacturing and installing ground-based systems for use in air traffic control and air defence applications.

Each Park Air location hosts R&D, production and systems engineering expertise. The UK is primarily focused on ground to air communications and associated integration activities and Norway hosts the design, manufacture and integration of Voice Communication Control Systems (VCCS), Navigation systems and Surveillance technologies. Systems from Park Air are installed across the world and the company is globally recognised as a leading supplier of advanced airspace management systems.

Voice communications for air traffic control

Park Air Systems unites the extensive PAE portfolio of ground-to-air transmitters, receivers, transceivers and control equipment with the exceptional flexibility and reliability of the GAREX voice communications control systems. The GAREX 200 VCCS integrates seamlessly with the PAE radio product line, thus enabling control and monitoring of key radio functions directly from the controller position.

The PAE ground-to-air radio portfolio covers all ground based VHF and UHF communication needs for civil and military air traffic control.The PAE T6 MDR offers a versatile range of software programmable radios whilst the PAE M7 Series revolutionises communications within fixed naval and transportable applications by delivering enhanced operational performance.

The GAREX 220 VCS is supplied in three ranges that meet all voice communication needs, from small tower applications to the largest Area Control Centres. The same hardware and software platform is used for each member of the product family, guaranteeing that every GAREX 220 can take advantage of future product developments, whilst also simplifying operation, interworking, training and logistics.

Instrument landing systems

Park Air Systems’ instrument landing systems have been an industry benchmark for more than 30 years, providing round-the-clock precision guidance at over 500 airports across the world. The latest, fourth generation NORMARC 7000 ILS sets new industry performance standards for reliability and signal integrity.

Surveillance systems for control of air traffic movement

NOVA 9000 ATCS integrates data from sensors and databases providing complete control of traffic movements around the airport. NOVA has led the development of A-SMGCS and RIMCAS, with many of the world's busiest and most complex airports relying on NOVA technology to provide safe and efficient routing of air traffic.

About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products and solutions in aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Park Air Systems became part of the Information Systems sector in 2009.