ADS-B Ground-Based Transceivers to Provide Oregon Pilots with Real-time Traffic and Weather Data in the Flightdeck

EAST SYRACUSE, NY – April 16, 2007 – Sensis Corporation announced that the state of Oregon, under its ConnectOregon initiative, has purchased Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) ADS-B ground-based transceivers (GBTs) for deployment at six airports across Oregon. With this deployment, General Aviation aircraft will be able to view real-time graphical and textual traffic and weather data. The six airports to receive this technology include: Eastern Oregon Regional Airport; Baker City Municipal Airport; Burns Municipal Airport; Roberts Field Airport; North Bend Municipal Airport; and Grant County Regional Airport/Ogilvie Field.

“These deployments mark the beginning of our transformation to the next generation of air traffic surveillance,” said Martin Andersen, ConnectOregon Program Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation. ConnectOregon is a $100M initiative to invest in air, rail, marine and transit infrastructure to ensure Oregon’s transportation system is strong, diverse, and efficient.

“Installation of the ADS-B GBTs will provide valuable information to pilots while positioning Oregon to be at the frontier of future nationwide air traffic surveillance capabilities,” said Dan Clem, Director, Oregon Department of Aviation.

When paired with coverage provided by recent FAA deployments at three other Oregon airports – McNary Field, Mahlon Sweet Field and Rogue Valley International – the ADS-B ground infrastructure will broadcast real-time traffic and weather data to aircraft flying throughout the state of Oregon. ADS-B will ease transportation costs by reducing the number of mid-flight, weather-induced delays and diversions attributed to the lack of real-time weather information in the flightdeck. Flight operators will also benefit from a safety-related reduction in insurance cost, and statewide fleet monitoring of participating business aircraft to improve productivity.

“ADS-B provides both safety and efficiency benefits directly to pilots and flight operators by delivering real time weather and traffic information to the flight deck,” said Marc Viggiano, Sensis Air Traffic Systems President. “With this program, the State of Oregon is laying the groundwork for statewide deployment of next generation technology, putting them a step ahead of other regions.”

A pioneer in developing and implementing ADS-B, Sensis supplied ADS-B transceivers to the FAA as part of the Capstone program in Alaska and the Future Surveillance program on the East Coast, Arizona and North Dakota. Sensis also fielded the industry’s first operational ADS-B transceivers for both the Mode S Extended Squitter and Universal Access Transceiver datalinks in Australia in 2004 and Alaska in 2005, respectively.