Stockholm-Arlanda Accepts Sensis Multilateration System

Sweden's Luftfartsverket Air Navigation Services (LFV) has accepted the use of Sensis Corporation's MDS (multilateration surveillance system) at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport following site testing there.

The acceptance came in less than twelve months after the contract was awarded. Sensis says.

Sensis' Multistatic Dependent Surveillance uses multiple non-rotating sensors to triangulate an aircraft's position based on transponder signals to give ground controllers highly accurate location information along with identification.  Its precision is comparable to GPS systems, with a higher update rate than traditional rotating radar, while maintaining consistent performance in all weather conditions.  In addition, every MDS sensor supports ADS-B (automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast) to facilitate an easy migration to future technologies.

Tony Lo Brutto, Sensis Air Traffic Systems' vice president and general manager, said the MDS "is designed to allocate system functions between the centralized target processor and the distributed ground stations..." which "...allows the optimum number of ground stations, reducing cost and complexity.  Mr. Lo Brutto said that with Arlanda, as with our other deployments, "we want to ensure that the system does not contain an excess number of ground stations, which would increase the cost of site acquisition, site preparation, communications and maintenance."

Sensis says its surveillance technology is being used at more than 20 major airports throughout Europe, Asia and Canada as well as 35 of the largest U.S. airports as part of the FAA's ASDE-X (airport surface detection equipment - model x) program.  03-03-2008.

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