SENSIS INSTALLS MULTILATERATION AND PROVIDES INTEGRATION WITH DROMS AND DDTC AT DETROIT AIRPORTDEWITT, NY - October 1, 2000 - Sensis Corporation received a contract from
NASA to install a multilateration system for Detroit's Metro Wayne
County International Airport (DTW), Michigan. The multilateration
system will be integrated with ARINC's Data Link Delivery of
Expected Taxi Clearances (DDTC) in the Northwest Airline
ramp tower and a government furnished Dynamic Runway
Occupancy Measurement System (DROMS). Multilateration
systems provide accurate position estimates and positive
identification of all transponder-equipped aircraft
operating in runway, taxiway, ramp and gate areas
in all weather conditions. The DDTC is used for gate
management and scheduling activities. The DROMS is a
database driven application that provides analysis and
predictions of runway occupancy time based on real-time
surveillance data and measured environmental factors. It
is the high quality, highly accurate real-time data provided
by the multilateration surveillance system that fuels the
DROMS and DDTC applications. These applications are designed
to improve the safety, capacity and efficiency of airline and airport operations.
At DTW, Sensis will install its Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS)
multilateration system, 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. Sensis has
contracts and installations for multilateration systems at Dallas
Fort Worth, Frankfurt, Heathrow, Memphis and Toronto Airports.
Multilateration systems consist of remote sensors, which are
small in size and strategically placed to provide optimal surveillance coverage.
Remote units are housed in weatherproof enclosures simplifying installation and
optimization procedures.
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