ADS-B For Airport Vehicles

Uh, they're, uh, o- outside of those 40 airports that have a, a radar system, so the Dulles' of the world.

Uh, the FAA has started to expand on surface surveillance, uh, first through the, uh, all the Bravo airports, the Charlie airports.

We're now, uh, deploying those systems on the Deltas.

Uh, so we just finished install, for instance, at Chicago Executive, Fort Lauderdale Executive, so your typical GA business aviation air- airports.

Um, at those airports, the FAA controllers now get a screen that shows ground traffic, so everything that is moving on the ground.

Uh, but unless the vehicles are equipped, that was outside of the vehicles.

Um, so we have started equipping FAA Tech Ops vehicles.

Uh, not a lo- a lot of people know, but, I mean, there's always, uh, probably about five to 10 or so FAA vehicles for, uh, for any airport that deals with ILS, and with your glide slope, and your, your radar.

And so they're, they're in the field.

They're often parked in the grass or driving around, uh, crossing a runway taxiway.

So those are now starting to get equipped at the SAI airports, and the FAA took the bold decision to say, "We're gonna equip every vehicle that we have." I think it was not necessarily a reaction to LaGuardia, 'cause it was, uh, the discussion had started well before that.

Um, but it is certainly an FAA statement that says, "We think this is a good idea." Um, so I think it's a statement both to the FAA and to the broader airport community that vehicles in the movement area should have the same equipment as an aircraft.

Uh, that way they show up for the controller, and that way they are visible for other aircraft as well.