Performance to date
ITT's roll-out plan: on schedule and under budget
ITT has already reached a critical milestone in the national deployment of ADS-B. In December 2008, ITT successfully deployed the ADS-B essential services system for southern Florida. After extensive testing, the FAA has granted In-Service Decision (ISD) status to the system ability to broadcast services of air traffic, as well as weather and aeronautical data information, from 11 ADS-B ground stations in southern Florida (five at general aviation airports). This validation confirms that the services meet all operational, functional, and performance requirements, are safe and secure, and are supportable as a part of the National Airspace System.
In September 2010, ITT will complete deployment of broadcast and surveillance services and deployment of surveillance services for 19 en route service volumes (Jacksonville, Boston, Juneau, South Alaska, Anchorage-Fairbanks, McGrath, Yukon, Nome, Kotzebue-Northern Alaska, Albuquerque, Seattle, Cleveland, New York, Atlanta, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, Oakland and Minneapolis).
In parallel, ITT will deploy "critical services" to four test locations, including the Philadelphia International Airport, Louisville, Ky., the Gulf of Mexico, and Juneau, Alaska. Critical services provide GPS-derived aircraft position to air traffic controllers for traffic separation, a service that in theory will allow the FAA to eliminate secondary surveillance radar in many locations.