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Sensis considers expanding ADS-B
Sensis is building on its experience of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in the FAA-sponsored Capstone trials in Alaska and the increasin

Sensis is building on its experience of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) in the FAA-sponsored Capstone trials in Alaska and the increasing use of its multilateration technology with the development of a 1,090-MHz receiver that is under consideration for deployment on the U.S. East Coast and preparations to deploy a multilateration system at Juneau, Alaska.

The Capstone system comprises 75 ground-based transceivers supporting the universal access transceiver datalink used by general aviation aircraft and 15 supporting air transport-standard 1090 extended squitter. Ken Tollstam, vice president of ATS sales and marketing, said the advantages ADS-B promises include three-nm separation en route, closer spacing on the approach and the ability to see other equipped aircraft, leading ultimately to a sense-and-avoid equivalent of see-and-avoid.

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