Leesburg Executive Airport
To Test Saab Remote Tower
Saab, the public-private Virginia
SATSLab and Leesburg (Va.) Executive Airport are partnering to demonstrate and
evaluate Saab’s remote tower technologies for use at non-tower airports. The
trial will take place at the currently non-tower Leesburg field next summer,
with the Virginia Department of Aviation acting as an advisory partner. For the
demonstration, the partnership will deploy a number of Saab technologies at the
Washington, D.C.-area airport–including high-definition video cameras,
pan-tilt-zoom camera, signal light gun and microphones–that will provide data
directly to a remote tower center (RTC) also located at the airport. The RTC
will have multiple high-definition displays and two controller stations with
controls for voice communications, cameras and the signal light gun. Data will
be collected from both the RTC and a mobile ATC tower for safety redundancy and
data comparison. Both will be staffed by FAA-certified air traffic controllers,
the project partners said. During the demonstration, “Pilots will receive
non-radar tower services from a trained FAA-certified controller, ensuring safe
and efficient operations.” Saab’s remote tower system will soon be commissioned
at Ornskoldsvik Airport in Sweden and controlled from the Sundsvall remote tower
center. The company is also deploying its remote system in Norway and
Australia.
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