FAA seeks messaging service - UPI.com Enterprise messaging services for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to share mission-critical information are to be provided by the Harris Corporation. MELBOURNE, Fla., Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Enterprise messaging services for the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to share mission-critical information are to be provided by the Harris Corp. Harris said the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award, given under an existing FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure contract, is worth $63 million. Its term of performance is five years -- the time remaining under the original contract. The system is called the National Air Space Enterprise Messaging Service. It will serve as a network-centric distribution technology for sharing a variety of data -- flight planning, traffic flow management, surface radar and weather information -- between FAA operational units. "NEMS increases common situational awareness and improves agility within the NAS," said John O'Sullivan, vice president, Mission Critical Networks, Harris Government Communications Systems. It empowers the FAA to use the infrastructure as a service, providing the flexibility to order only those services most important to the user community. Harris is the prime contractor for the FTI program, which provides the FAA with critical voice, data and video communications.