Network Equipment Technologies Inc. (N.E.T.) has been awarded a contract valued at $1.1 million to design and implement an enterprise-wide network for Aeronautical Radio, Inc. (ARINC), the leading ...supplier of information and communications services to the U.S. airline industry. The N.E.T. equipment will provide the backbone portion of the ADNS II (ARINC Data Network Services) network, which provides shared airline communication services and air-to-ground communications. "The volume of time-critical, international communications we handle for airline operations, air traffic control, air-to-ground links with aircraft, and inquiries against our database services has been growing steadily. We frequently handle over six million messages a day," said David Harding, director of ARINC's Data Network Services. (excerpt)
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