Sensis Runway Safety Equipment Operational at Chicago O’Hare International Airport Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X System
Operational Two Years Ahead of Schedule
EAST SYRACUSE, NY – December 3, 2007 – Sensis Corporation announced that its Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X system (ASDE-X) is operational at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, having replaced the Airport Movement Area Safety System (AMASS).
ASDE-X uses ground surveillance data collected from a variety of sources, including radar, Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B), and aircraft transponders to create a real-time map of airport surface operations. Further, the system’s advanced conflict detection and alerting technology, Safety Logic, detects and alerts controllers to potential aircraft and vehicle collision situations. The improved situational awareness controllers experience with the system will enable them to more safely guide aircraft and vehicles at the world’s second busiest airport.
“The National Transportation Safety Board has consistently identified runway incursions as one of the biggest safety risks at U.S. airports,” said Tony Lo Brutto, Vice President and General Manager of Sensis Air Traffic Systems. “By providing surveillance data with a higher accuracy and update rate than traditional radar alone, ASDE-X will provide controllers with the best technology available to help prevent runway incursions.”
In addition to providing controllers with comprehensive situational awareness of the airport surface, the rich surveillance data of the ASDE-X system can be used to provide warnings and alerts straight to the aircraft cockpit as demonstrated in August at Hancock International Airport in Syracuse, NY. Further, leveraging the Sensis Aerobahn service, airports and airlines can transform the data into actionable information to enable them to better manage airport operations – such aircraft traffic flows – for cost reduction and a better customer experience.
The FAA is in the process of deploying ASDE-X to a total of 35 of the nation’s busiest airports; ASDE-X is currently operational at eleven airports.
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