EU SCIENTISTS DEVELOP TAXIWAY ATC SYSTEM
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A TEAM of European researchers has developed an innovative traffic control system that allows air traffic controllers to monitor aeroplanes whist they are taxiing at airports. The system developed by the European Union (EU)-funded Euro 2.13 million Ismail project uses a network of small, inexpensive sensors to monitor planes' own magnetic forces. Haibin Gao, project leader from Saarland University, Germany, told a European Commission briefing note: "Our tests have shown that the system detects all passing aircraft, 100% of them, and in 75% ...
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