Sensis Corporation Delivers 750th Surveillance Sensor
DEWITT, NY – June 13, 2006 – Sensis Corporation announced that it has delivered and installed the 750th surveillance sensor used in aircraft surveillance systems. Sensis has fielded more surveillance sensors than any other company – another Air Traffic Management industry “first.” The company fielded the industry’s first commissioned multilateration system for surface surveillance in 2002 at London Heathrow Airport. The industry’s first air surveillance application was commissioned at Innsbruck Airport in 2004. Additionally, Sensis fielded the first operational Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) transceivers for both the Mode S Extended Squitter (1090 ES) and UAT datalinks in Australia in 2004 and in Alaska in 2005, respectively.
According to Airports Council International, traffic levels have returned to historic highs, with airports handling more than four billion people in 2005. As the world’s leading provider of surveillance solutions, Sensis is committed to developing and deploying next generation technologies to further air transportation capacity, efficiency and safety.
“ADS-B and multilateration are here to stay as key technologies which enable more aircraft to be safely controlled at a lower cost. These 750 surveillance sensors represent more than 43 projects around the world – over half of them in Europe and Asia,” said Marc Viggiano, president of Sensis Air Traffic Systems. “Sensis’ technology is the most field-proven in the industry – no other system has undergone the rigorous commissioning process required for multiple international air navigation service providers. Further to the existing 750 surveillance sensors delivered, Sensis will continue its leadership role by fulfilling an orders backlog for 350 additional units to 25 on-going projects.”
Sensis’ surveillance sensors provide both multilateration and ADS-B support for surface, wide area and enroute surveillance. Currently, for ground surveillance, the Sensis multilateration system – which is equipped with
For wide area surveillance, Sensis’ multilateration system is operational at Innsbruck Airport and being deployed at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Maryland) and the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (California).
Sensis has provided 1090 ES ADS-B for trials on four continents. Currently, air traffic controllers in Alaska are using Sensis UAT sensors for air traffic control as part of the FAA’s Capstone Program. Additionally, general aviation pilots and flight schools are using Sensis UAT sensors along the East Coast between New Jersey and Florida as well as in Arizona and North Dakota in an advisory capacity for the FAA’s Safe Flight 21 Program.