Sensis MDS Enhancing Safety and Efficiency at World's Busiest Single-Runway
Airport
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y., Sept. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sensis Corporation's
multilateration system, Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS), at London
Gatwick Airport was approved for use and is now operational. The surface
surveillance system is providing accurate location and identification for
enhanced safety and efficiency of aircraft operating in runway, taxiway and
stand areas of the airport. Gatwick is the busiest single runway airport in
the world and the second largest airport in the UK.
Sensis MDS uses multiple low-maintenance, non-rotating sensors to
triangulate aircraft location based on transponder signals and supply air
traffic controllers with precise aircraft position and identification
information regardless of weather conditions. With a higher update rate and
greater positional accuracy than traditional radar, Sensis MDS provides
consistent, accurate surveillance performance. MDS' architecture and
advanced multi-path elimination algorithms result in precise surveillance
using the optimal number of ground stations for reduced cost and
complexity. Additionally, every MDS sensor supports Automatic Dependent
Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) for easy migration to future technologies.
"MDS' use of durable, non-rotating sensors provides Gatwick with the
reliable, accurate surveillance needed to ensure that their single runway
is always in operation," said Tony Lo Brutto, Vice President and General
Manager of Sensis Air Traffic Systems. "Also, the flexibility to expand MDS
or easily adopt ADS-B at the appropriate time is built in to the system's
architecture."
Sensis multilateration is the most field-proven system in the industry.
More than 50 airports worldwide rely on Sensis technology as a critical
component of a complete Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control
(A-SMGCS) solution. Additionally, Sensis multilateration is being used for
Wide Area Surveillance in the United States, Canada, Austria and Australia.
ABOUT SENSIS CORPORATION
Sensis Corporation provides sensors, information technology, and
simulation and modeling to the world's air navigation service providers,
civil aviation authorities, airports, airlines and militaries. Sensis
Corporation solutions are deployed around the world. For more information
regarding Sensis Corporation, visit http://www.sensis.com.
ABOUT NATS
NATS (formerly National Air Traffic Services) provides en-route air
traffic control services to aircraft flying in UK airspace, over the
eastern North Atlantic and western North Sea. Safety is NATS' first and
foremost priority but it also aims to provide its service in an efficient
and expeditious way. Additionally, NATS' commercial offshoot NSL, provides
air traffic control services at 15 of the UK's major airports including
Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, and
overseas at Gibraltar. NSL also markets its expertise in engineering,
training, consultancy and aviation data.
This year NATS expects to handle more than 2.5 million flights carrying
some 250 million passengers. NATS is a public private partnership between a
consortium of seven UK airlines (holding 42%), NATS staff (holding 5%), UK
airport operator BAA plc (with 4%), and the government which holds 49% and
a golden share. For more information on NATS, visit http://www.nats.co.uk .
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