airport surface detection equipment

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airport surface detection equipment

Short-range radar displaying the airport surface. Aircraft and vehicular traffic operating on runways, taxiways, and ramps, moving or stationary, may be observed with a high degree of resolution.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Using commercially available sensor-based technologies, Searidge will provide low-cost basic ground surveillance capability in the non-movement area, at small to medium sized airports where deployment of Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X (ASDE-X) technology is not viable.
Sensis Corporation recently announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a letter of intent to exercise contract options to purchase 21 Airport Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE-X) systems and associated equipment and services from the Company.
The Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X) system from Sensis Corporation, which provides sensors, IT, simulation and modelling, is now in operation at Washington Dulles International Airport, USA.
The Bulgaria Air Traffic Services Authority awarded a contract to Raytheon last year to upgrade its vintage 1994 ATC radar training simulator to a nine-position FIRSTplus system that will provide advanced ATC simulation for radar, 2D tower application, and ground and advanced airport surface detection equipment training.
announced that its Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X system at Louisville International Airport is operational.
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