News - October 2nd, 2006

Contact: Jeff Beyer at +1-800-939-1821 x703 or jbeyer@clairus.com

MANLIUS, NY - 2 October, 2006 - Clairus has developed and successfully delivered detailed training for the use of Multilateration technology within Advanced-Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS). The training provides information regarding the operation and configuration of Multilateration systems to engineers responsible for fine-tuning the systems for specific airport environments.

Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems have been installed at many airports around the world. The systems allow control services to be provided efficiently and safely for airplanes on the ground in all weather conditions. Without the benefit of such systems, air traffic controllers may be forced to increase the required spacing between aircraft on the ground in bad weather.

Often, a Multilateration system is used as one of the components of an A-SMGCS. Multilateration systems rely on a network of sensors to detect signals transmitted by aircraft. Each sensor’s detection is stamped with a very precise time measurement. The differences between the time measurements made by the various sensors allow for the transmitting aircraft’s location to be determined. This time-difference-of-arrival method is very similar to triangulation.

The training provides details about the operation of Multilateration systems, how the systems should be expected to function, and how to analyze the performance of such systems.

Clairus is a private company based in Manlius, New York that provides engineering and consulting services to the providers of Air Traffic Control services. Engineers at Clairus are recognized as multilateration technology experts throughout the world.