Agenda:

6:00 PM Social
6:30 PM Dinner 
7:00 PM Presentation

Abstract:

Mr. Watt will provide an overview of the ARINC Global Network and ARINC’s RapydConnex mobile broadband service.  ARINC is a world leader in aviation and transportation communications as well as engineering and acquisition support to the Department of Defense (DoD).   ARINC operates a world-wide Layer-3 managed transport service; primarily for the air-transport industry, but also in support of several government/military organizations, rail transport providers, and other customers.  The network is IP based.  AGN spans 160 countries and provides connections to more than 1000 data processing centers and airports and delivers more than 25 million messages a day associated with critical airline mission operations and back office transactions.  Servicing hundreds of customers that have unique mission, functional, and performance requirements, the AGN is a truly complex enterprise environment.  The AGN provides multiple services, sensors, and integrated systems to support the overall safety-of-life mission of air traffic control and mobile user communications support. The AGN enterprise environment integrates space, user, and control segments to provide these services as well as connections to peer networks to facilitate Internet and Intranet access.

ARINC has been a provider of Ku- and L- band based satellite communication for over 7 years.  Launched in 2004, the current service offering, now known as RapydConnex, provides Beyond-Line-Of-Sight (BLOS) broadband connectivity for fixed and mobile applications.  The RapydConnex service provides customers voice, video, and data connectivity and uses the ARINC Global Network as a backbone.

Biography:

Mr. Ronald Watt is the Senior Business Director and Chief Technologist for ARINC’s new RapydConnexSM product line.  RapydConnexSM provides viable and affordable open-architecture communication solutions for mobile edge users that are not able to get the bandwidth, connectivity, or capability necessary for their mission success.

Previously, Mr. Watt was Chief Engineer of the Advanced Systems Engineering and Integration Division of ARINC.  He has over 30 years of DoD and commercial experience in space systems.  Mr. Watt provides expertise in systems engineering and integration, communications systems, and enterprise management systems.  Mr. Watt's responsibilities include conducting technology needs assessment and developing recommendations for corporate investment in research and development. 

In addition to supporting Division programs and business development, Mr. Watt provides leadership to ARINC in developing strategic corporate programs.  Mr. Watt has served on several corporate technology strategic working groups including ARINC network architecture security user group, system engineering training and certification working group, research and development proposal review and evaluation team, and engineering process improvement working group.

Mr. Watt has been with ARINC for 25 years and resides in Southern California and is an ARINC Fellow.  Before joining ARINC, Mr. Watt was a senior systems and design engineer for Rockwell's Collins Communications Systems Division.  Mr. Watt is a graduate of Clemson University with BS and MS degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering.   Mr. Watt is a member of IEEE.

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