Era Sees Growing Demand for its Surveillance Sensors

Era Corporation says it has now shipped 1,000 ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) and multilateration sensors to airports around the world, and believes it signifies a growing demand for its surveillance technology.

Era delivered what it describes as "the world's first" multilateration surface-surveillance system to Prague's airport in 1999.  And in 2002, its wide-area multilateration system was commissioned at the Ostrava Airport - another world's first, according to Era.  And in the past year, the company has won the vast majority of competitive procurements worldwide for multilateration and ADS-B surveillance solutions, including Beijing, New York, Copenhagen and Dublin.

Two recent Era sales include contracts with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) and the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC).  For PANYNJ, Era will deploy its MSS network of tracking sensors around New York's Kennedy and LaGuardia, as well as New Jersey's Newark and Teterboro airports.  The Authority is using the system for two aircraft tracking and revenue optimization projects.

In China, Era will provide its wide-area multilateration sensors to provide parallel runway monitoring, as well as surface management solutions for Beijing's international airport (PEK).  Era believes this is the first time that wide-area multilateration technology be will be used to monitor approaches on nearby parallel runways.  04-08-2007.

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