Formation, Inc. Signs Contract with Naviair to Deliver Advanced Integrated Recorder Systems

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Formation, Inc., a provider of products and services to the aerospace, data communications, defense, and transportation industries, has signed a definitive contract with Naviair, the Air Navigation Services of Denmark, to deliver Advanced Integrated Recorder (AIR) systems to the Copenhagen Air Traffic Control Center in Kastrup, Denmark, and other Naviair sites in Denmark and Greenland. The contract marks a significant step forward in the implementation of advanced recording and replay technology for air traffic control, defense, and intelligence applications.

Key Takeaways:

  • Formation, Inc. has signed a contract with Naviair to deliver AIR systems to the Copenhagen Air Traffic Control Center and other Naviair sites in Denmark and Greenland.
  • The AIR system will record from 37 to 565 analog and digital voice channels, expandable to over 660 channels, for area control, approach, and tower voice communications.
  • Naviair Deputy Director Systems, Mr. Flemming Tidselholdt, commented that the AIR system met the legal voice recorder requirements, including networked multiple sites with distributed control points and remote replay stations.
  • The system will utilize networked AIR servers to create a cost-effective, "hands-off" recording system, allowing record, replay, and control functions to be accomplished from geographically separated locations.
  • The AIR system is used in ATC, air defense, and command & control centers worldwide, recording, storing, and replaying workstation screen activity, radar, LAN, and voice data in a single time-tagged, and synchronized system.

Statistics:

  • The AIR system can record from 37 to 565 analog and digital voice channels, expandable to over 660 channels.
  • The system utilizes up to 1.5 Terabytes of online disk storage per server.
  • The system is scalable, expandable, and provides any-size facility the ability to recreate critical events, eliminate manual data correlation, and reduce liability risk.
  • Configurations range from a stand-alone 1U (1.75 inch) server with as few as 12 voice channels to a networked storage system supporting over 1,000 screen, data, and voice channels.
  • Formation, Inc. provides a range of products and services to the aerospace, data communications, defense, and transportation industries, including ruggedized disk products, avionics-class servers, and mobile gateway/router/firewall equipment.

Sources:

  • Formation, Inc. press release, February 24 (no exact date provided).
  • Formation, Inc. press release, February 24 (no exact date provided).