Sensis surface multilateration system at London Stansted Airport
June 28, 2010
LONDON, 28 June 2010. A surface multilateration system from Sensis Corp. in East Syracuse, N.Y., is now operational at London Stansted Airport. NATS air traffic controllers at Stansted are using the system's high-accuracy surveillance to monitor the movement of aircraft and vehicles on the airport's runways, taxiways, and stand areas to increase the safety and efficiency of the airport's surface.
Posted by John McHaleLONDON, 28 June 2010. A surface multilateration system from Sensis Corp. in East Syracuse, N.Y., is now operational at London Stansted Airport. NATS air traffic controllers at Stansted are using the system's high-accuracy surveillance to monitor the movement of aircraft and vehicles on the airport's runways, taxiways, and stand areas to increase the safety and efficiency of the airport's surface."Controllers at Stansted now have the same surveillance capabilities as Heathrow and Gatwick to effectively and safely manage surface traffic in all weather," says Alistair Clark, program manager at NATS Services, which provides air traffic control services at 15 United Kingdom airports. "Additionally, using the same surveillance platform across three key airports is cost-effective for NATS as it simplifies training and maintenance."Sensis multilateration uses multiple low-maintenance, non-rotating sensors to triangulate aircraft and vehicle locations based on transponder signals to provide 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 multilateration provides effective surveillance for increased safety, capacity, and efficiency of airspace, Sensis officials say. With its processing techniques, a Sensis multilateration system uses the minimal number of sensors for a less complex, lower lifecycle cost solution. Additionally, each multilateration sensor deployed by Sensis supports Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B)."NATS has shown great confidence in Sensis and its technologies as we're now providing surveillance for three critical airports that handle over 124 million passengers per year," says John Jarrell, vice president and general manager of Sensis Air Traffic Systems. "Sensis multilateration can be easily expanded to accommodate future airport growth, which recently occurred at London Heathrow as the existing Sensis system was augmented with additional sensors to ensure coverage surrounding the new Terminal 5."
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