Sensis ASDE-X Commissioned at Washington's Dulles

Washington Dulles has become the twelfth airport to get an operational Sensis' ASDE-X (airport surface detection equipment - model x) system. The FAA is deploying ASDE-X at 35 U.S. airports.

ASDE-X fuses ground surveillance data from radar, ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast) and the multilateration of transponder signals, to provide air traffic controllers with a real-time, location and identity information of all aircraft and vehicles on the airport surface.  In addition, the system's Safety Logic conflict detection and alerting technology, uses algorithms to detect and alert controllers of potential collisions between aircraft and vehicles.

Besides Dulles, ASDE-X is now operational at Milwaukee, Providence, Orlando, Houston's Hobby, Atlanta, St. Louis, Bradley International at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, Seattle, Louisville, Charlotte, and Chicago O'Hare.

Outside the U.S., Sensis A-SMGCS (advanced-surface movement guidance and control system), a somewhat similar system to ASDE-X, which fuses data from several surveillance sources to provide a picture of the airport surface, is being implemented at several major airports.  It is already operational at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi, and is being deployed in Australia at Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and at Hong Kong. 04-14-2008.

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