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Taipei, Taiwan – October 30, 2005 – Rannoch Corporation achieved initial operational flight tracking status with a combined multilateration Automatic Dependent Surveillance- Broadcast (ADS-B) system covering sections of the Taiwan Strait. Under contract to the Taiwan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the AirScene system and associated Air Traffic Control (ATC) display systems provide surveillance for airport surface coverage, the Kinmen terminal area, and Kinmen-Magong air route, covering a large area from Southwest Taiwan to Kinmen Island, adjacent to the Fujian Province of China. Tracking aircraft equipped with Mode A/C, Mode S and ADS-B, the Taiwan system’s coverage extends more than 100 miles over water.

The AirScene architecture uses patented features to track and identify aircraft on the surface and across extreme wide areas, including unique over-the-horizon techniques which allow aircraft tracking that is not impeded by the Earth’s curvature. With a resume that now includes over 20 wide area systems world-wide, Rannoch leads the industry in deployment of this technology. Contracted and deployed systems include wide area tracking in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia, each covering up to 7,500 square miles of airspace, for military, ATC, and airport management applications.

“Congratulations are due to the entire Rannoch implementation team on achieving this important milestone on schedule,” commented Jon Baldwin, Rannoch’s Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. “The Taiwan project takes the challenge of wide area flight tracking using multilateration to an entirely new level. This project pushes the envelope of accuracy, coverage, integrity, and rapid implementation, creating a new gold standard in the industry.”

Rannoch’s AirScene technologies enable surface movement guidance and control,en route, terminal area, and wide area tracking, ADS-B, Traffic Information Services Broadcast (TIS-B), and airport enterprise management. The company has over 20 patents issued and pending, covering many aspects of flight tracking, vehicle monitoring, reporting, and target processing technologies. Due to patented architectural features, Rannoch’s flight tracking technologies are capable of providing more extensive real-time wide area coverage and traffic information services than any other multilateration ADS-B system.