Nov 2 2005
From The Space Library
The FAA announced that it would install a new runway safety system at the nation's airports to reduce the likelihood of runway collisions between aircraft. The system~Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X)~combined data from radar and airplane transponders to provide air traffic controllers with a continuously updated map of airport-surface operations, even during conditions of poor visibility, such as night and bad weather. Previously, most airports had relied on radar-based systems, which were susceptible to providing poor or false information during darkness and inclement weather and were unable to detect near collisions on intersecting runways. The FAA stated that it would begin installing the ASDE-X at 14 of the nation's busiest airports in January 2006. (Mac Daniel, “FAA Is Set to Improve Ground Radar at Logan,” Boston Globe, 3 November 2005; FAA, “Major Airports to Receive New Runway Safety System,” news release AOC 38-05, 2 November 2005, http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsid=5784 (accessed 28 January 2010) 20 October 2005.)
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