Steve Baldwin, Senior Vice President of Louis Berger Group, Inc. announced last week that he has left the firm to start his own company, Steven Baldwin Associates, llc., of Albany New York. Baldwin has spent the last thirty years in the aviation/airport industry, including 14 years in public service managing airports and 15 years leading […]
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Sensis Corporation to be Acquired by Saab
Sensis Corp., of Syracuse, N.Y., a provider of air traffic management (ATM) systems and surveillance technologies, announced that a definitive agreement has been reached with Saab to be purchased for $155 million. According to a Sensis spokesperson, the coupling of Sensis’ and Saab’s advanced Air Traffic Management and civil security portfolios – including radar and […]
PIPER DELIVERS WARRIORS TO FARMINGDALE STATE COLLEGE
Piper Aircraft Inc. recently delivered two new Piper Warrior aircraft to Farmingdale State College, Farmingdale, New York. In addition, the college which is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system plans to purchase a new Piper Arrow. The nearly $1 million purchase of the three aircraft will expand Farmingdale’s learning fleet to […]
Sensis to Develop Advanced Ground Conflict Detection & Resolution Algorithms for NASA
EAST SYRACUSE, NY – October 25, 2010 – Sensis Corporation was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) Development of Ground-based Surface Conflict Detection and Resolution (CD&R) Algorithms. Sensis will develop advanced CD&R algorithms for integration into NASA surface simulation environments, expanding NASA’s capability to simulate airport […]
Sensis Adds Predictive Capability to Aerobahn Airport Surface Management System
EAST SYRACUSE, NY – October 25, 2010 – Sensis Corporation’s Aerobahn® airport surface management system Predictive Engine capability is now available. The Aerobahn Predictive Engine uses a proprietary adaptive learning technique with continually received, recent historic surface surveillance information to provide airline and airport users with an accurate projection of activity. These projected actions, such […]
Sensis Continues On-Time Deployment of ASDE-X – Now Operational at 32 Airports
EAST SYRACUSE, NY – October 25, 2010 – Thirty-two major U.S. airports are now operating with Sensis Corporation’s Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X). ASDE-X is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s key runway incursion detection and alerting program set to be deployed to a total of 35 airports by mid-2011. The technology is enhancing […]
Industry Leaders Agree that Multilateration and ADS-B are Cornerstones of NextGen Surveillance
At the ATC Global conference in March, industry leaders participating in Sensis Corporation’s “Multimode Surveillance – the Cornerstone of NextGen Surveillance” workshop agreed that multimode technology is a critical component of “next generation” air traffic systems. Workshop speakers indicated that the highly reliable, easily tailorable surveillance coverage from multilateration, including Wide Area Multilateration (WAM), and […]
Miami International Airport Now Operating with Sensis ASDE-X
EAST SYRACUSE, NY – November 2, 2009 – Miami International Airport is now operating with Sensis Corporation’s Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X (ASDE-X). ASDE-X is an advanced ground surveillance system that provides air traffic controllers with increased situational awareness of surface operations and runway incursion detection and alerting. Miami is the 20th airport to […]
EMPIRE STATE BUILDING RESTORATION INCLUDES REPLICA OF ORIGINAL BELFORT WEATHER INSTRUMENTS
BALTIMORE, MD. — New York’s venerable Empire State Building, completed in 1931, is undergoing an extensive $550 million renovation, including $12.5 million to bring the art deco lobby back to its original grandeur. An elaborate mural in the building’s lobby originally included a wind display dial, which indicated current wind speed and direction. The […]