Cover Letter

0166-EX-PL-2012 Text Documents

ITT Exelis Inc.

2012-05-03ELS_125290

        Exelis Inc.           818 988 2600 Main
        7821 Orion Avenue     818 901 2536 Fax
        Van Nuys, CA 91406    www.exelisinc.com




April 30th, 2012

Office of Engineering and Technology (OET)
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington,, DC 20554



                              FCC STA Request PAR Radar System - Van Nuys


For the over thirty years ITT Exelis (formally known as Gilfillan), located in Van Nuys, CA has been under contract with
various customers to provide functional testing of a variety of radar systems at our Van Nuys (Orion), CA test facility.
We currently need to begin testing of our Precision Approach Radar (PAR) system for a current customer and request
the granting of STA licenses to begin said test. The operation of this station is necessary to perform the contractual
testing and pattern measurement requirements of our customers.

For your reference, this radar system uses the same antenna that we established with the FCC under the Call Sign:
WQJV553 (File # 0004368201). The FCC requested we re-file this license under the OET. Thus, we are treating this
system as a new license.

ITT Exelis will honor all conditions that may be necessary to prevent interference with any existing equipment. For
detailed FAA blanking requirements, refer to NGT-Blanking attached document.

For two of our attachments (Exhibit A and Exhibit B) we are requesting Long-Term Confidentiality in reference to Section
0.457(d) and 0.459 of the FCC Rules as the authority for this confidentiality request. Exhibit A (Exhibit_A_PAR_
Descrip.pdf) which describes general information, operational and functional description contains technical data which is
monitored and regulated by US Government Rules and Regulations. This data is regulated by the Department of
Commerce under Export Administrations Regulations (EAR) or by the State Department under International Traffic in
Arms Regulations (ITAR). This data is not publicly available, is only released to our customers for maintenance/service of
their ITT systems and only under appropriate export authorization. The document is marked as USG Export Controlled.
Exhibit B (Exhibit_B_PAR_Sensor.pdf) is ITT Proprietary controlled data and is marked on the drawing in order to protect
developed ITT design and data of our radar systems from competitors both domestic and foreign. This data is internal to
ITT and is not publicly available.


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Exelis Inc.
7821 Orion Avenue
Van Nuys, CA 91406




The transmitting system will test our operation at specific frequencies: 9025, 9080, 9100 and 9125 MHz with an output
power of 520 Watts or less.

The test facility is located at Van Nuys, CA at 34° 12’ 50”N, 118° 28’ 15”W.

We are anxious to continue our testing and will standby to answer any questions you have. If you have any suggestions
or advice, please call me directly at (818) 901-2457.



Appreciate your time,

Forrest Pierson
Frequency Manager
Sr. Support Cable Engineer
Electrical Engineering
818.901.2457
forrest.pierson@exelisinc.com



Document Created: 2012-05-03 09:24:45
Document Modified: 2012-05-03 09:24:45

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