14th Airport To Receive Runway Safety Equipment
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport is now the 14th airport
operational with Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model
X (ASDE-X), a runway incursion detection and alerting system. In
addition to increasing safety, the FAA has identified ASDE-X as
saving time, money and fuel. The FAA's ASDE-X program will deploy
the technology to a total of 35 of the nation's airports.
ASDE-X combines ground surveillance data from a number of
sources to provide air traffic controllers with real-time, highly
accurate position and location information of all aircraft and
vehicles on the airport surface. By integrating surface movement
radar, transponder multilateration and Automatic Dependent
Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) surveillance data, ASDE-X provides
seamless, redundant coverage in all weather conditions. The system
also features advanced runway conflict detection and alerting
technology, called Safety Logic, which uses complex algorithms to
discern and alert controllers of potential aircraft or vehicle
incursions on the runway.
"The FAA's ASDE-X program provides airports like Phoenix Sky
Harbor with a very powerful safety and efficiency tool," said Tony
Lo Brutto, Vice President and General Manager of Sensis Air Traffic
Systems. "ASDE-X is not only the most advanced surface surveillance
technology for the prevention of runway incursions, it is also a
flexible platform that enables sophisticated solutions such as
precision runway monitoring, airport management tools and runway
status lights."
ASDE-X is operational at the
following 14 airports: General Mitchell International Airport
(Milwaukee, WI); Theodore Francis Green Airport (Providence, RI);
Orlando International Airport (Orlando, FL); William P. Hobby
Airport (Houston, TX); Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
Airport (Atlanta, GA); Lambert - St. Louis International Airport
(St. Louis, MO); Bradley International Airport (Windsor Locks, CT);
Seattle Tacoma International Airport (Seattle, WA); Louisville
International Airport (Louisville, KY); Charlotte Douglas
International Airport (Charlotte, NC); Chicago O'Hare International
Airport (Chicago, IL); Washington Dulles International Airport
(Washington, DC); Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
(Detroit, MI) and Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
(Phoenix, AZ).
In addition to ASDE-X, Sensis offers Advanced - Surface Movement
Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) which features Sensis'
Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) multilateration, SMRi
solid-state X-band radar and Multi-Sensor Data Processor (MSDP) for
a proven, flexible surveillance solution that delivers significant
safety, capacity and cost savings benefits. Sensis A-SMGCS is
operational at Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi,
India and is being deployed at Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and
Sydney Airports, Australia and at Hong Kong International Airport,
China.
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