Sweden Airports Deploy Surveillance Systems

Swedish airport authority said it will use Sensis Corp.'s Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) system, an effort to improve traffic flow on the ground at the Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sensis, Syracuse, N.Y., and Luftfartsverket Air Navigation Services (LFV) said the MDS system will be integrated into the airport's current system and will improve "overall system reliability and safety by providing heightened surveillance accuracy and automated labeling of aircraft and vehicles." Deployment of 16 remote units will occur over 12 months. Sensis said its multilateration system uses low-maintenance, non-rotating sensors to detect and track the movement of aircraft or vehicles based on their transponder signals. And, the company said, through its compatibility with Automatic Dependent Surveillance ­Broadcast (ADS-B), Sensis MDS provides seamless transition to new technologies. "Multilateration is a low-cost transitional technology that addresses our customers' current high accuracy surveillance needs leveraging existing aircraft transponders, and their potential future need for ADS-B," said Marc Viggiano, president, Sensis Air Traffic Systems division. More