Multilateration Surveillance System (MSS) the modern systems for ATC

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• Multilateration Surveillance System (MSS) the
  modern systems for ATC

Jan Hrabánek, MBA Regional Director
jhrabanek_at_erabeyondradar.com 420 731 430 560
An SRA International Business
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Agenda

• Quick introduction to Era and SRA
• Current MSS applications
• a multilateration sensor for the aiprort surface
  surveillance (MSS-A )
• a wide area multilateration system (MSS-W)
• Trends in the Multilateration surveillance
• Integration of MSS into one data processing
• WAM systems cross border sharing
• ADS-B an integral part of Multilateration
• Passive coherent location in ATC
• Case studies of ERA projects
• Countrywide coverage of CR, ANS CR
• Countrywide coverage of Namibia, Namibian ANS
• Countrywide coverage of Armenia, ARMATS
• Fiji WAM and ADS-B, Fiji ATNS

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Our HeritageA Long and Steady Tradition of
Delivering High Quality Products
AirScene.com NOMS 2007
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Todays ERA An SRA Strategic Business Unit

• World Leader in Cost Effective High Performance
  Next Generation Surveillance Technologies
• ADS-B and Multilateration, Active Passive ATC
  Systems
• Noise and Airport Management Systems
• ATM Systems Integration
• Green IT and Cybersecurity
• Global Presence, Reach and Capabilities
• ERA a.s. Headquarters in Pardubice, Czech
  Republic
• SRA Headquarters in the Washington DC
  Metropolitan Area (Fairlakes, VA)
• Research Development Centres in the US (Airport
  Operation Solutions) and in the Czech Republic
  (Surveillance Products)
• Global Team of Over 250 staff in CZ, USA,
  Singapore, Austria, UK
• Customers Have Accepted ERA as the Global Leader
  in Multilateration and ADS-B
• Over 130 Customers in over 35 Countries
• Thought leader in ADS-B and Multilateration
  solutions 30 Patents
• Parent Company SRA International
• U.S. Government Federal IT Systems Integrator and
  Infrastructure Provider

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ERAs Core Products World Leading Solutions
Flexible, mature, certified surveillance system
provides ADS-B multilateration capability for
airport surface, approach, wide area deployment
and specialised applications such as PRM, HMU.
Vehicle mounted Mode S ES / ADS-B transmitter for
tracking surface vehicles in airports. Optional
driver display and warning system. Resource
management.
Deployable broadband passive emitter tracking
(PET) solution for military and homeland
security, incorporating electronic fingerprinting.
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ATC Solutions using MLAT Technology from ERA
Surface Movement
Secondary Radar Alternative

• A-SMGCS
• Automatic aircraft tagging
• Not affected by rain
• Better coverage
• Vehicle tracking

• Low cost, more accurate
• Better coverage, availability
• Path to ADS-B and validation of ADS-B
• Leap frog conventional radar technology

Precision Runway Monitor
Height Measurement Unit

• Beijing Madrid
• Ensure separation on close parallel runways
• Extreme high-precision
• Update lt 1s
• Accuracy lt 50m

• 3-D tracking
• /- 25ft at 30,000ft
• Supports RVSM
• FAA proof of concept
• Certified Eurocontrol system in Austria

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ERA References
Russia 3x
Switzerland
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• MSS aiport applications

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Solution Surface Surveillance

• Runway incursion is the most significant safety
  issue for todays aviation.
• Multilateration is a key part in any A-SMGCS
  (Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control
  System)
• Key Benefits of Multilateration
• Performance unaffected by rain/haze
• Positive identification of aircraft reduces tag
  jumps and eliminates manual tagging.
• Complete coverage by filling in the gaps eg. To
  the ramps
• Coverage extends above the surface (eg.
  go-arounds) and outside airport (eg. NTZ)
• Vehicle tracking with positive identification.

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Munich FMG and DFS Surface MLAT

• Major Hub Surface MLAT system
• MLAT for Apron, Taxiway and Runway
• Extremely accurate
• System shared between Airport Operator and DFS
• Vehicle tracking and aircraft tracking
• 32 ADS-B/MLAT stations
• Sensors are shared between FMG and DFS
• 2x2CPSs with all sensors each!
• Operational since July 2009

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• MSS wide area applications

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An alternative to SSR

• Integrated ADS-B and multilateration architecture
  providing approach and en-route surveillance from
  single airport to whole country.
• Outperforms SSR in every respect at much lower
  life cycle costs.
• Ideally suited to difficult terrain where radar
  is impractical and uneconomic.
• Type certified and operationally certified in
  various countries and ICAO processes in place.

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• Next generation of Multilateration Surveillance

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ANS CR Country Wide Area Multilateration

• WAM systems in operation
• WAM Prague
• WAM Ostrava
• WAM Brno
• Next plans
• Sharing of primary data
• Sharing of data from neigbouring receivers
• Extension of current WAM to improve gaps
• Extension to Krakow TMA
• Data fusion and display in ARTAS
• Targeted functions
• Country wide coverage
• Cross border coverage
• Back-up surveillance coverage

Pokrytí SSR MODE S a TXS pro 3000ft MSL
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Namibia National Wide Area Multilateration

• New national ATM system
• Thales Eurocat fusion and display
• Thales radar in Windhoek
• Era multilateration for national en-route
• 36 ADS-B/MLAT stations
• Some very remote, hostile locations
• Builds on regional experience in ATNS
• Covers 800.000km² of airspace, FL gt145 and TMA
• Operational in 2010 for World Cup
• First ADS-B and WAM data recorded!

The largest WAM coverage area in the World!
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ADS-X Simultaneous ADS-B/MLAT
Mode A/C/S

• Compared to Radar
• Lower costs
• Higher performance
• More flexibility
• Compared to ADS-B
• Requires no new avionics
• Requires no big bang mandate

ADS-B
ADS-B Cat 21
MLAT Cat 20
Now
Optional data fuse and alerts
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Precision Runway Monitoring (PRM)

• MSS by Era is a proven, low cost, high
  performance alternative to E-scan radars for
  Precision Runway Monitoring (PRM)

• Benefits of MSS by Era include
• Extreme Cost Savings
• Extension of surface system
• Higher accuracy and update rate

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An alternative to ILS

• control within Terminal Maneuvering Area (TMA)
  and during approach phase of flight under
  instrument approach procedures by use of standard
  on-board ILS equipment
• process 3D position data on targets, calculate
  the deviations from descent path and generate
  ILS-like signals for display at on-board
  equipment
• DALAS - a common project of R-SYS and ERA

Source Deployable Approach Landing System
(DALAS), R-SYS
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Passive Coherent Location (PCL)

• One or more transmitters radiates the targets by
  their transmision
• Receiver receives reflected signals and compare
  them with the direct signal
• A princip of the bistatic radar
• The tests of prototype solutions

• Benefit of PCL
• primary source of information
• Complementary to WAM

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Conclusion

• MSS by ERA is a field proven technology in WAM
  and aiprort surface surveillance
• Trends ADS-B, cross border coverage
• Passive coherent location

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Contact

• Contact Details
• Jan Hrabánek
• Regional Director
• ERA a.s.
• Prumyslova 387
• CZ-53003 Pardubice
• Czech Republic
• jhrabanek_at_erabeyondradar.com
• Fax [phone]
• cell 420 731 430 560

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