ADS-B ICAO MEETING
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLCHINA will this year begin a trial of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) technology at three airports in the west of the country, it has told an Asia-Pacific region ADS-B meeting staged by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). Chinese representatives said that SSR Mode-S 1090 ES would be used as the ADS-B link, and that as well as checking the accuracy, reliability, update rate and coverage of the system, the trial would also assess its safety and general operation. The trial will use a separate automation system to ...
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