Metron Aviation Wins Largest Small Business Award in FAA History
30 Junho 2010 - 4:39PM
Marketwired
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded Metron Aviation
the System Engineering 2020 (SE-2020) Research and Mission Analysis
Set-Aside. SE-2020 is the FAA's strategic program for implementing
the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). The
ten-year contract awarded to Metron Aviation has a value of $1.15
billion, making it the largest single award to a small business in
FAA history.
"This program allows us to build upon our heritage of partnering
with the FAA to pioneer innovative and transformational
capabilities that help open America's skies," said Dave Ellison,
Chief Executive Officer. "Our organization is fully committed to
the success of NextGen in enhancing the capacity, efficiency and
safety of our national airspace, and we stand ready to assist the
FAA in delivering near-term, long-term and unprecedented levels of
economic and environmental benefits to all aviation stakeholders
and the flying public."
Metron Aviation, as prime contractor, has assembled a proven
team of industry leaders with unparalleled domain expertise in all
aspects of the National Airspace System (NAS) to provide the full
breadth and depth of aviation expertise across all SE-2020
functional areas.
"The Metron Aviation team brings together the unique
capabilities of the industry's top research organizations, large
system integrators, solution providers, manufacturers, academic
institutions and subject matter experts to assist the FAA in
advancing NextGen," said Stephanie Fraser, Vice President of
Advanced Research and Engineering. "Our team has a long track
record of developing new and innovative operational concepts and
rapidly transitioning them into beneficial operational
capabilities."
About Metron Aviation and Our SE-2020
Team
Founded in 1995, Metron Aviation provides concept engineering,
advanced research, software development, Air Traffic Flow
Management (ATFM), Collaborative Decision Making (CDM), surface
operations management, airspace design and environmental analysis
solutions to the global aviation industry. Metron Aviation fuses
advanced science and mathematics with unparalleled subject-matter
expertise to turn groundbreaking Air Traffic Management (ATM)
research concepts into operational capabilities. Customers include
the FAA, NASA, Airservices Australia, ATNS, FedEx, Air Canada,
Memphis International Airport, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines,
NAV CANADA, American Airlines and many more. For more information,
please visit www.metronaviation.com.
Metron Aviation's core team consists of Metron Aviation, Sensis
Corporation, CSSI, Flatirons Solutions and Thales. The full team
includes ARINC, AvMet, Bell Helicopter Textron Inc., Bombardier
Aerospace, Cessna Aircraft Company, CSC, EnRoute Computer
Solutions, Flight Safety International, GE Aviation, Human
Solutions, Innovative Solutions International, ITT Corp., Mosaic
ATM, Northrop Grumman, RVA, Inc., and innovative academic
institutions focused on aviation research including the Georgia
Institute of Technology, George Mason University, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Purdue University, University of
California-Berkeley and the University of Maryland.
CONTACT: Mike Gundling Metron Aviation, Inc. 703.234.0852
mike.gundling@metronaviation.com