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SAAB Security Advanced Remote Tower (ART)

Fredrik — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:20:35 +0000

LYYN has participated in a joint, EU financed, project with SAAB Security and others to add advanced functionality to the SAAB Security concept “Remotely Operated Tower”. The project was called “Advanced Remote Tower (ART)”.

The SAAB security Remotely Operated Tower (ROT) is a breakthrough for airport operators and could be just what small and medium sized airports need to survive.

General

The remotely operated tower concept addresses many of the issues airport operators are concerned with, such as cost-effectiveness, safety, and punctuality. More than a few airports today suffer from a harsh economic situation and for some, the remotely operated tower could mean the difference between survival and closure.

Cost savings

The cost running small and medium sized towers consists to a large extent of staff expenditures. With the remotely operated tower concept, fewer employees will be needed to provide aerodrome control service, enabling airports that today only offer aerodrome flight information service to offer control service as well. In a next phase, one controller could potentially provide aerodrome control service for two to three towers simultaneously.

Apart from staffing, costs savings can be made by not having to replace existing towers that have reached their economical life length.

Technique

Remotely Operated Tower concept

The technical solution is to operate an airport tower remotely via the digital network.

Compressed data from cameras at the airport presents a 360-degree real time view of the airport at the Remote Tower Centre (RTC).

The controller working position is fitted with the same controls as in a normal tower.

Enhanced safety and punctuality

Remote Tower Centre with LYYN enhanced view

During low visibility, the controller in a regular tower may not be able to see the traffic at all. This can have an impact on safety and may cause delays. Visibility enhancement technology, provided by LYYN in the ART project, helps the controller see what is going on in the aerodrome area during low visibility conditions.

Overlay of labels, MET info and a virtual computer generated background view will further improve the information available for the controller. By increasing the controller’s situational awareness, safety is improved.

Recording of the camera generated view allows play back of traffic situations, useful during incident investigations, and this further enhances the concept’s safety benefits.

Remote Tower Centre with LYYN enhanced overlay

Low visibility procedures, often causing delays, will be less and less necessary and punctuality will be improved.

For more information about ROT visit SAAB Security web site.

Or download the ROT product description in PDF from the SAAB Security site.

Safer landing with LYYN and SAAB Systems

admin — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:45:23 +0000

LYYN and SAAB Systems enter into a cooperation in the field of air traffic control and safety. The first result of this cooperation is the common proposal, “Advanced Remote Tower – ART”, to the European Commission (6th Framework Programme on Research, Technological Development and Demonstration) together with Luftfartsverket, National Aerospace Laboratory (Netherlands) and Equipe Electronics Limited (UK).

The ART proposal will study the concept of remotely operated ATC (Air Traffic Control) units and supporting technologies in order to enhance regularity during low visibility operations and to substantially decrease the ATC related costs at airports.

The purpose is to explore the concept and to test and validate additional sensors that will enhance the air traffic controllers’ situational awareness at reduced visibility conditions due to weather and darkness. The ART concept will in turn be one of the bricks in the future concept of highly automated ATM at airports.

The proposal has recently made the short list.

Luftfartsverket evaluates LYYN V.E.T. at Sturup airport

admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:36:21 +0000

Managing foul weather and poor visibility are key factors in running safe airports. LYYN V.E.T. can contribute in the ever increasing need for safer air traffic.

The LFV Group (operator and developer of Swedish state owned airports), Sturup Airport, LYYN and Axis Communications has initiated a test and evaluation project around LYYN V.E.T. The purpose of this project is to evaluate the benefits of utilizing LYYN Enhanced video systems in different applications, e.g. long distance zoomed viewing with video (“binoculars”). Among the areas tested will be: peripheral security, Safety and Rescue and Air Traffic Control.