Safety
Wireless airport surveillance tracks aircraft movements
Airport managers have a tool for tracking the comings and goings of every aircraft that uses their airport.

Airport managers have a tool for tracking the comings and goings of every aircraft that uses their airport. A system developed by TTI Wireless captures registration numbers of any aircraft that passes by the TTI camera. TTI’s Wireless Access Surveillance Platform (Wasp) consists of digital cameras positioned next to runways or taxiways and on-airport buildings, which send photos wirelessly to a computer in the airport manager’s office and to the central Wasp system, where operators check the registration numbers against registry databases. The Wasp system can also include fixed pan-tilt-zoom cameras to watch ramp areas, entry gates and building exteriors.