China grants temp certification to NG
Neelam Mathews Dec 9, 2011 Northrop Grumman Corporation's Europe-based air traffic management subsidiary, Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems has been granted temporary certification by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for its NOVA 9000 airport surface movement guidance and control system. Park Air Systems is the first, and currently only, supplier of Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS) to obtain this certification from the civil aviation authority in China. As a key supplier of A-SMGCS in China, Park Air Systems has delivered NOVA 9000 systems to Beijing, Guangzhou and Macau airports, with an additional delivery to Shenzhen airport in progress. Northrop Grumman has a significant number of air traffic management systems in operation in international markets and its 50-year legacy ranges from individual airport installations to countrywide, multiple-site turnkey integrated system solutions. The company's state-of-the-art...