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Further, an airport's existing airport surveillance radar (ASR) and automation system provides positional and flight plan information.

Safer ground movements: Beth Larson of SENSIS explains how the use of the company's Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model-X, can make capacity gains and safety improvements

It consists of an airport surveillance radar able to identify aircraft at ranges of up to 60 nm using primary radar and 200 nm with secondary radar, as well as of a precision approach radar (Par) which provides azimuth and elevation information from 20 nm to touchdown.

Landing aids for bare bases: the war in Afghanistan has seen US military aircraft having to operate from overseas bases with minimal air-traffic control or blind-landing facilities, and US personnel having to renovate airfields that had been shattered by combat operations. Luckily, rapidly deployable landing aids were available, and newer systems are in development. (In Focus)

An FAA spokeswoman said the Airport Surveillance Radar 9 (ASR9) system is considered to be 99.6% reliable.

Replacement radar at Logan now fully operational

Balad Air Base is scheduled for a significant upgrade in radar equipment, with upgrades such as a new Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR), radar scopes, and radios that will improve upon the aged equipment currently being used.

Safety over the skies of Iraq

I make prior arrangements with the Marine Corps Air Station at Yuma (KYUM) for multiple Ground Control Approaches, both Precision Approach Radar (PAR) and Airport Surveillance Radar (ASR).

Call in the Marines

New ASR-11 Airport Surveillance Radar will replace older-generation analog radars nearing the end of their service life.

Digital radar