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airport surface detection equipment

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airport surface detection equipment

[′er‚pȯrt ′sər·fəs di′tek·shən i‚kwip·mənt]
(navigation)
A short-range radar using millimeter waves and giving a panoramic presentation of all aircraft and vehicles, moving or stationary, on the surface of an aerodrome; used by air traffic controllers for expeditious movement of surface aircraft on the ramp, taxiway, and runway.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

airport surface detection equipment (ASDE)

Radar equipment specifically designed to detect all principal features on the surface of an airport, including aircraft and vehicular traffic, and to present the entire picture on a radar indicator console in the control tower. The equipment is used to augment the visual observation by tower personnel of aircraft and/or vehicular movements on runways and taxiways.
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved
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Sensis said Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International now is operating with Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X, a runway incursion detection and alerting system.
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Sensors and information processing systems provider Sensis Corporation said on Monday that Newark Liberty International Airport is now operating with Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X).
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Air navigation technology provider Sensis Corporation announced on Monday that its Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X (ASDE-X) is now operational at New York's John F.
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The LGCS programme is one of several initiatives that are aimed at reducing the number and severity of incidents occurring close to 500 US towered airports where current airport surface detection equipment, such as ASDE-3 and ASDE-X, is too expensive to be deployed.
FAA awards contract worth up to USD20m to SRA International
The company said that the cockpit advisory technology sends potential ground, arrival or departure conflicts directly to pilots as an audible alert using a Mode-S data link and an existing modified TCAS unit in the aircraft, while the audible alert in the cockpit is generated by Sensis' Airport Surface Detection Equipment Model X (ASDE-X) Safety Logic.
Honeywell and Sensis demonstrate runway incursion alert technology
The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has reached an In-Service Decision (ISD) for the Safety Logic function of the Sensis Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X system (ASDE-X) at Orlando International Airport.
FAA reaches ISD for Safety Logic at Orlando International Airport
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