Multilateration system from Sensis chosen for sensor upgrade at Frankfurt Airport

Posted by John McHale
FRANKFURT, Germany, 13 June 2011. Officials at Fraport AG, which owns Frankfurt Airport (FRA) in Germany, is using technology from Sensis Corp. in East Syracuse, N.Y., for modifying and expanding its multilateration surface system in an effort accommodate capacity expansion and operational area growth at the airport. FRA will be adding a new runway this fall and a new Pier A-Plus at Terminal 1 next summer as well as more ramp areas and a new Terminal 3 after that.
Fraport is replacing all current Sensis multilateration sensors at FRA with the company's newest sensor for precise surveillance.
Sensis multilateration technology uses a variety of low-maintenance, non-rotating sensors to triangulate aircraft locations via transponder signals to provide air traffic controllers with accurate aircraft position and identification data regardless of weather conditions. Every multilateration sensor shipped by Sensis supports Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) technology.
The new runway at FRA will is expected to increase runway capacity by 50 percent in the next few years, Fraport AG officials say.