Dublin Airport Getting Era Surface Surveillance

The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) has selected Era's MSS (multilateration surface surveillance) technology for Dublin's airport.

According to ERA, the IAA wanted additional surveillance to support its A-SMGCS (advanced - surface movement guidance and control system) in the same manner as its existing surface management radar (SMR), but with better coverage and improved capability.  Dublin has plans for additional infrastructure, including parallel runways, so the flexibility of multilateration surveillance was an important consideration.

ERA says its multilateration technology provides higher accuracy, greater update rates, better coverage and improved reliability when compared to conventional radar, and will do so at a much lower initial cost and with lower annual maintenance costs.  02-20-2007.

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