[mod.telecom] AT&T to build Air Traffic Link

CMP.WERNER@R20.UTEXAS.EDU (Werner Uhrig) (08/24/86)

[ from Electronics Week, August 21, page 100 ]

The FAA has picked AT&T to design, test, and manufacture a new voice
and signaling system to control communications bewteen air-traffic
controllers adn pilots.  It will be installed at 2,035 locations over
the next six years.  The initial contract award is worth $66 million
with a total value of over $120 million.