Era Selected by Finavia for Vehicle Tracking Solution
March 02 2011 - 9:15AM
Business Wire
Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX),
today announced that Finavia, Finland’s air navigation service
provider (ANSP), has selected Era to supply 135 of its
latest-generation Squid® vehicle tracking units at the Helsinki
Airport in Finland. The Squid units will support the airport’s
advanced surface movement guidance and control system
(A-SMGCS).
With more than 170,000 take-offs and landings in 2009, Helsinki
Airport is Finland’s busiest airport and the leading long-haul
airport in Northern Europe, as ranked in number of destinations.
Due to the amount of ground movements, Finavia sought vehicle
tracking units that could best provide air traffic controllers with
complete surface situational awareness to enhance the safety and
efficiency of ground operations at Helsinki Airport.
“Helsinki Airport will soon join a rapidly growing list of
airports worldwide who realize the safety and efficiency benefits
our vehicle tracking units provide,” said Era Systems Corporation
Senior Vice President Kevin Layton. “Squid units are unique in that
they work seamlessly with any multilateration and ADS-B solution an
airport may be utilizing.”
Era Squid units are ADS-B transmitters that are easily mounted
on top of airport vehicles. The units constantly and automatically
transmit vehicle locations and identification to air traffic
controllers, ensuring that a complete picture of all aircraft and
vehicles is available to controllers at all times—in all visibility
and weather conditions. Era Squids feature an area management
function that allows users to define boundaries in and around an
airport where the units will automatically turn on and off
transmissions. This allows for busy airports to limit the amount of
non-essential surface transmissions.
Era a.s. provides integrated next-generation air traffic
management solutions that address core challenges like safety,
efficiency, profitability and functionality. Its innovative use of
proven next-generation technologies, like multilateration and
ADS-B, help air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and airport
operators ease capacity constraints; enhance safety, improve
airspace and ground space efficiencies; and reduce costs. SRA does
not announce sales amounts for individual Era contracts; Era
contracts for their air traffic management business typically range
in value of $1-2 million, and may be up to $5 million.
About SRA International, Inc.
SRA and its subsidiaries are dedicated to solving complex
problems of global significance for government organizations and
commercial clients serving the national security, civil government
and global health markets. Founded in 1978, the company and its
subsidiaries have expertise in such areas as air surveillance and
air traffic management; contract research organization (CRO)
services; cyber security; disaster response planning; enterprise
resource planning; environmental strategies; IT systems,
infrastructure and managed services; learning technologies;
logistics; public health preparedness; public safety; strategic
management consulting; systems engineering; and wireless
integration.
SRA and its subsidiaries employ more than 7,300 employees
serving clients from its headquarters in Fairfax, Va., and offices
around the world. For additional information on SRA, please visit
www.sra.com.
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