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FEBRUARY 14, 17:14 EST
CANBERRA, Australia -- Officials of Airservices Australia (AsA) in Canberra, Australia, needed avionics to demonstrate Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) for commercial and general aviation use in a region of Queensland, Australia. They found their solution from Honeywell Airport Systems in Phoenix.
Airservices Australia will buy ADS-B avionics and ground equipment from Honeywell that can enable radar-like air traffic services at a lower cost than a conventional radar system, Honeywell officials say. This program will demonstrate the viability of 1090 MHz (Mode S) datalink.
"AsA considers that ADS-B technology will open the possibility of cost effective Air Traffic Control (ATC) surveillance in areas of Australia where radars cannot be currently justified," said Airservices Australia's Greg Dunstone, ADS-B project manager.
"Potentially, surveillance could be provided over the whole continent at a fraction of the cost of installing and maintaining conventional radar sensors," Dunstone says. "ADS-B technology should provide increased operational and safety benefits as well, when compared with the procedural separation services provided in remote areas today."
Australia has many areas with limited or no air traffic surveillance coverage because of the high cost of installing ground-based air traffic control radars. ADS-B can enable aircraft pilots to use a global positioning system (GPS) receiver to determine the position of their aircraft, and then transmit that information over a datalink to air traffic control.
Honeywell's airborne ADS-B system has Bendix/King KT 73 panel-mount Mode S transponders, KLN 94 GPS navigators, and antennas. Providing ground stations data processing for the Honeywell avionics is Sensis Corp. of DeWitt, N.Y.
Honeywell experts will validate interoperability of the ground station and airborne components this summer and fall. They will then deploy the equipment for a three-year operational test in early 2003 for an initial period of three years.
For more information contact Honeywell Airport Systems by phone at 602-436-5599, by e-mail at lighting.webrequest@honeywell.com, by post at 21111 N. 19th Ave., Phoenix, Ariz. 85027-2708, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.honeywell.com.
Also contact Sensis Corp. by phone at 315-445-0550, by fax at 315-445-9401, by post at 5793 Widewaters Parkway, DeWitt, N.Y. 13214, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.sensis.com.
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