SENSIS AWARDED MULTILATERATION AND MULTI-SENSOR DATA PROCESSOR CONTRACT
FROM NAV CANADADEWITT, NY - August 28, 2000 - Sensis Corporation received a contract from NAV CANADA to install its Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) multilateration system and a Multi-Sensor Data Processor (MSDP) at Lester B. Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario. The multilateration
system provides positive identification and location of all transponder-equipped aircraft in the terminal area and on the airport surface. The MSDP
provides fusion of multilateration and airport surface detection equipment (ASDE) radar data enabling the presentation of aircraft position estimates
labeled with flight call-signs on controller displays with an accuracy, update rate and reliability suitable for improving airport safety and efficiency
in all weather conditions. NAV CANADA will be evaluating precision multilateration as an ASDE enhancement and as an alternative to a terminal surveillance radar system.
MDS is a commercial-off the shelf (COTS) product that detects and tracks aircraft equipped with Mode S, ATCRBS and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) transponders. The MSDP is an advanced software system hosted on a commercial workstation platform that fuses data from one or more ASDE radars, multilateration systems, ADS-B sensors, flight plan data and air surveillance radars (ASR) offering a best all source terminal and surface traffic picture.
The architecture for the NAV CANADA system is similar to Sensis multilateration purchased for Dallas and Memphis Airports by the Federal Aviation Administration, Frankfurt Airport for Flughafen Frankfurt/Main AG and Heathrow Airport for National Air Traffic Services. Sensis is also installing an MSDP at Memphis Airport which will fuse ASDE-3, multilateration, ASR-9 and ADS-B data as part of the FAA's Safe Flight 21 Program.
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