IBM has subcontracted Computer Sciences Corp to provide software and related services for the US air traffic control system; IBM is a contractor for the Federal Aviation Administration’s $3,600m programme, the Advanced Automation System, and the agreement with Computer Sciences is worth an initial $134m over 13 years, with an option to extend it until 2010; the Calverton, Maryland-based System Sciences Division will develop applications to be tested, evaluated and supported at Federal Aviation Administration sites; it will write 800,000 lines of Ada code for processing flight plans, provision of weather da ta, simulated air traffic situations, and analysis of system activities.
