The City of Lexington is located in central Kentucky and has a population of 300,000. Blue Grass Airport is a commercial service airport which provides service to about 500,000 passengers each year. The City and the airport have collaborated to build a network that will ensure fully interoperable communications.
将客户故事下载为PDF列克星敦市面临着主要的互操作性问题。他们的VHF系统旧，专有和过时。
Robert Stack，增强型911总监，评论说：“除非我们在车辆中有两个无线电，否则警察和消防部门从未互相沟通。这不是真正无缝的互操作性。”
Scott Lanter, Director of Public Safety Operations for Blue Grass Airport, added, "We had to deal with a lot of proprietary technologies. This radio would only talk to that radio and so forth. We didn't like those restrictions."
罗伯特堆栈增加了，“专有系统也有困扰机构的决策。他们只能购买一个便携式或移动的一个品牌。当是时候购买一个系统的备件时，别无选择，只能回到供应商并支付任何东西他们想要收费的价格。我们再也不想要这种情况，所以我们非常具体地，我们在我们所做的一切中寻找开放标准，我们正在寻找不专有的特征，以便我们可以得到最好的价格，是我们纳税人的钱的好管家。“
Together, Airbus DS Communications (formerly Cassidian Communications) and Tait Communications created a multi-vendor, open-standard, interoperable communications network for the City of Lexington and Blue Grass Airport.
The City chose Airbus DS Communications because they considered it offered the best value. This wasn't just about price but also because they wanted a vendor who would complete the project without cost overruns. They also sought a partner they could trust, throughout the project and beyond.
Tait portables and mobiles were selected to operate on the Airbus DS Communications network. The City of Lexington was impressed, both with the Tait radios and with the Tait Smart Value plan. "It just took out all of the risk, and it ensures us that in about eight years our radios are still going to be cutting edge. Whatever is the newest, the latest and greatest from Tait, that's what our officers are going to have."
The City and Airport received a radio network that met their expectations and delivered on promises. Scott Lanter says, "We're really impressed. What you said it would do, it does."
There were challenges in setting up the system. These were all overcome and strengthened the relationships between City of Lexington, Tait, and Airbus DS Communications. Robert Stack explained, "You cannot implement a radio system without running into issues. It will happen. It happens anywhere that you go but if everybody is being honest with each other and overcoming the obstacles, I think you end this type of process trusting the person on the other side. They tell you everything you need to know and you can make good, solid decisions based on that information."
Rahsaan Berry，一名警察和Tait Radio的最终用户也对结果感到高兴，“新系统允许我们更有效且有效地完成工作。音频更清晰，它不会随着我们打扰我们谈谈。一个人会谈，我们可以尽快在那里沟通“。
