Sensis to enhance Saudi Arabian airports' ATC

The two systems will increase safety at both as A-SMGCS can be used to view aircraft and vehicles on the ground, while the multilateration subsystem will be expanded to provide the airports with a system for safe and efficient separation of aircraft in the terminal approach coverage area.

Both airports will also use Sensis VeeLo NextGen vehicle locator units for tracking and identification of vehicles on the airport.

Sensis A-SMGCS fuses data from multiple surveillance sources, including Sensis Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) multilateration, Sensis solid state SMRi X-band radar and VeeLo NextGen vehicle locator units, to deliver accurate and highly reliable data.  Further, the A-SMGCS includes advanced conflict detection and alerting through audible and visual alerts.  The WAM surveillance component of the system will be integrated into the A-SMGCS to track and separate aircraft on approach up to 50nm from the airport.

“Sensis has the experience to provide us with a fully integrated system that meets the high accuracy surveillance required for both airports,” said Mohammed Al-Salmi, vice president, Air Navigation Services, GACA.  “The integrated A-SMGCS and WAM approach also simplifies our training, reduces maintenance costs and gives us the ability to easily adapt the systems to meet any future airport needs.”