Oct 30 2003
From The Space Library
The FAA certified the ASDE-X (Airport Surface Detection Equipment) technology, a new airport surface-detection system for preventing runway and taxiway collisions, which would replace the expensive ASDE-3 system. General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, deployed the first ASDE-X system, and 25 other airports planned to install ASDE-X systems during the following four years. The ASDE-X system, which integrated several air traffic-control systems, used strategically placed sensors to report the location of aircraft and vehicles to controllers, giving them a real-time view of all aircraft and vehicles on airport grounds or flying in the area. A collaborative effort between a team of FAA employees, Sensis Corporation of Syracuse, New York, and Raytheon Corporation, the FAA had initially intended ASDE-X as a lower-cost alternative to the ASDE-3. (Don Phillips, “FAA Deploys System To Prevent Airport Runway Collisions,” Washington Post, 31 October 2003.
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