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Domestic News
AWI has been awarded a high profile contract to replace all of the approximately 2,300 aging Integrated Display Systems (IDS4) for the FAA. The contract will also support the FAA’s plan for scheduled replacement and updating of ACE-IDS displays (approximately 900 workstations), followed by replacement of the En Route Information Display System workstations (ERIDS - approximately 1,800 workstations). The contract also covers installing or replacing displays at several hundred smaller control towers that currently have either no, or very, limited information, weather, and related display tools. The total contract value is $66.4 million over a six-year period.
Jason Hall, President of AWI, was enthusiastic in his response to the award. “Being selected for such an important FAA program is an honor and a great compliment to AWI. FlexIDS will bring expanded and dynamic data display and dissemination capabilities to the FAA and Military customers around the globe.”
Don Soenen, Chairman of AWI, commented “AWI’s FlexIDS product is an ideal platform for the FAA’s Integrated Display System Replacement Program. With software development, hardware integration, program management, installation and training all provided internally by AWI personnel, we can effectively manage and control the entire project for the benefit of the flying public.”
The new IDS system is designed around an open architecture, uses touch screen technology, has full redundancy, and interfaces to both existing and planned weather and FAA information networks. Later this year the first article will be delivered to the FAA William J. Hughes Technical Center for acceptance testing. The first facility installations will occur in early 2011 and will continue through 2015. For more information contact Jason Hall at jhall@allweatherinc.com.
International News
In the international market, over the past 6 months, All Weather, Inc. has been expanding its AWOS business in countries such as Colombia, Indonesia, Nigeria, China, Venezuela and Canada just to name a few. “We have incorporated many new functions into our AWOS MetObserver software that stem from customer feedback in many of these countries”, says Steve Glander, AWI’s International Sales Manager. “… improved functions such as our multiple language voice server allowing aviation weather broadcasts in multiple languages either in series or in parallel depending on user configuration and very user friendly system/sensor diagnostics information for ease of maintenance is making the system easier to work with and improves overall system performance and longevity”.
Increases in international product sales comes coupled with improved customer relations generated from our very competent representative base. TWS in Indonesia, Acerta in Colombia, B&S in China and Security Maintenance and Culture in Nigeria, just to name a few, have helped improve aviation safety and reduce pilot risk and stress load with the AWI Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), Runway Visual Range (RVR) and Lightning display solutions. For additional information, please contact Mr. Steve Glander at sglander@allweatherinc.com
AWI Products News
This month, AWI is releasing some new products into the market.
Model 7150 Barometric Pressure Sensor:
This product incorporates one, two or three elements with very high accuracy, reliability and temperature range, will be a drop in replacement for the current Model 7190. The Model 7150 meets all the requirements of the FAA and ICAO.
AWOS Web:
This web based product pulls together weather and system information from any AWI AWOS around the globe. The information is graphically displayed on a map of the area of interest. This powerful software product now allows users to quickly view any series of AWOS systems weather information for improved flight planning, and with a security logon, can view system and sensor status from each station, thus improving maintenance information and repair timing. For a sample, please view: www.awosweb.com
AWI NADIN:
The National Airspace Data Interchange Network (NADIN) is the means by which official weather information is transmitted from AWOS systems around the U.S. to the FAA and NWS, and then to third party weather sources which include Flight Service, Air Traffic Control, WSI, Meteorlogix, DUATS, the Weather Channel and other internet based weather sources. Every 20 minutes and AWOS METAR message is transmitted from the AWOS to NADIN. The METAR message is a Meteorological Aviation Report used typically for flight planning, but also for local weather reporting as well. AWI now has its own secure data link to NADIN and its own certified hardware solution. “AWOS owners now have the ability to chose what we believe to be the best and most cost effective NADIN solution” says Barbara Baca, AWI’s U.S. Sales Manager. Now this invaluable service is available direct from the manufacturer and is available to all AWI AWOS customers. For more information on how you can add this to your airport, please contact Ms. Barbara Baca bbaca@allweatherinc.com.
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