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On March 20, 2001 the Advanced Technology Branch (ACT-350) of the Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Division of the William J. Huges Technical Center awarded Basic Commerce and Industries, Inc. (BCI) a 7-year contract for technical engineering support services valued at $32 million. BCI is supported by Enroute Computer Solutions (ECS) of Egg Harbor Township for Air Traffic Control applications, NTI Incorporated of Dayton, Ohio for Human Factors development, Certicom of Mississauga, Ontario for cryptographic and other security applications, and Data Systems Analyst, Inc. (DSA) of Pennsauken, NJ for aeronautical message handling systems.
The BCI team will provide technical engineering support services for ACT-350 in the areas of Digital/Data Communications, Computer Information Security, Aeronautical Data Link Systems, and Program Management. Technical engineering support involves specification generation, requirements analysis, development monitoring, planning and conduct of test and evaluation (T&E) activities, which includes the development and maintenance of system test bed facilities. These activities apply to various programs supported by ACT-350 such as Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC), the Aeronautical Telecommunications Network (ATN) infrastructure, and National Airspace System (NAS) security.
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