Lockheed Martin, SELEX Systems Integration and Cobham form
Fusion team for Project MARSHALL
SELEX Systems Integration has signed an agreement with Lockheed
Martin and Cobham to form Fusion Air Traffic Management, which will
address Project MARSHALL – formerly known as the Joint Military Air
Traffic Services (JMATS) programme.
Project MARSHALL is the key Air Traffic Management (ATM)
programme for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) as it will provide
the capability to support UK military flying and air deployed
operations for the long term. These Air Traffic Services will
provide air traffic control and air traffic management for all of
the MOD’s aerodromes and air weapon ranges both in the UK and
overseas including those used for current deployed operations. It
will also ensure that obsolescence is removed from the current
system and that the MOD complies with the legal requirements of
managing an air traffic service and enable the safe operation of
its aerial platforms.
Project MARSHALL will be a “managed service” which will deliver
significant savings over the 22-year lifetime of the programme
through improved efficiencies, scale and innovation. MARSHALL will
enable the MOD to continue to conduct flying operations,
contributing to the protection of UK sovereign airspace including
support to counter terrorism.
Building upon the three team members' unparalleled track records
in large-scale service delivery, programme management, systems
integration and long-term support for Air Traffic Services.
Together, Fusion offers a proven capability to deliver the optimum
approach, solution and underlying values to fulfil the programme
effectively.
With its UK and global track record in the application of the
full range of ATM technologies to military and civil domains, SELEX
Systems Integration will provide MARSHALL with leadership in
technology procurement and aerodrome systems integration.
SELEX Systems Integration, the UK subsidiary of SELEX Sistemi
Integrati Spa, Italy, is a part of world-leading technology company
Finmeccanica, operating globally in the aerospace, and defence and
security markets. With an international workforce of over 75,000
people and revenues in excess of €18 billion, Finmeccanica is one
of the foremost suppliers of helicopters, aircraft, aeronautics and
defence systems, as well as a European leader in space, security,
resilience, transportation and power generation solutions. With
over 10,000 employees in the UK based at 10 major sites across the
country, Finmeccanica is currently the UK MOD’s second largest
defence equipment supplier.
In the field of ATM, SELEX Systems Integration and SELEX Sistemi
Integrati SpA represent a 60-year heritage in the application of
the full range of ATM technologies to both military and civil
domains. Its customer base extends to over 150 countries with
capability covering the domains of Communication, Navigation, and
Surveillance; all of which is backed by an extensive system
integration expertise. In the UK, SELEX Systems Integration
currently provides Post Design Services (PDS), including design
authority, asset and documentation management, engineering support
and training for the UK MOD’s fleet of over 40 Operational
Watchman Radars.
The company is also supplying the latest generation surveillance
solutions for Airports across the breadth of the British Isles.
The financial investment of Finmeccanica allows the company to
play a leading role in the development of innovative solutions to
ensure the safe, fast and efficient flow of air traffic, the
security of people and goods, and the highly effective exchange of
information between operators.
SELEX Systems Integration Chief Executive, Michael
Clayforth-Carr, says: “All three companies have significant current
military and civil air traffic control business in the UK and
around the world. We fully understand the technological
requirements and the attendant service delivery challenge, and are
all operating successfully within the MOD’s current contractual
environment.”
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