Business Weekly - Cambridge, UK

A subsidiary of the $30 billion Northrop Grumman Corporation, Park Air Systems will provide a range of services to the increasingly tourist-friendly countries of Romania, Hungary and Croatia.

“The company’s commun-ications, navigation and surveillance capabilities will enhance air traffic control throughout the region,” said Charles Houseago, managing director of Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems.

Adding: “Our experience and technical expertise in the air traffic control market in the UK and Norway have positioned the company as a leading developer and supplier of some of the most sophisticated and reliable products for the safe management and movement of aircraft in a variety of applications across central and eastern Europe.”

Romania’s air traffic service provider, ROMATSA, is deploying the latest generation of PAE T6 digital radio equipment in eight radio communication sites including Bucharest, Costilla, Constanta, Topolos, Postavaru, Cluj, Bacau and Oradea and is scheduled for completion this year.

At Ferihegy Airport, in Budapest, Hungary, Park Air Systems is under contract to air traffic service provider Hungarocontrol to replace the existing surface movement guidance and control system.

In Croatia, under contract to Croatia Control, Park Air Systems has upgraded the PAE T6 series VHF digital radio and the PAE multi-access remote control monitoring system for both Dubrovnik and Zadar airports, which allows the remote control, fault diagnosis and maintenance support of all networked communication assets.

The company’s NOVA 9000 A-SMGGS was also installed late last year at Riga International Airport in Latvia, enabling the complete control of airport traffic movements.