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Alexandria, VA – August 10, 2005 – The Ohio State University Airport (OSU) selected Rannoch Corporation’s AirScene system to provide flight tracking information at the airport. The system will use Rannoch’s patented Mode S multilateration technology to track aircraft in the terminal airspace as well as to and from the airport surface. OSU Airport is home to over 230 aircraft and ranked fifth in Ohio in the number of take-offs and landings behind Cleveland Hopkins, Port Columbus, Dayton, and Cincinnati Lunken.

AirScene multilateration uses a network of small non-rotating sensors that can pinpoint the aircraft’s position both on the surface as well as over thousands of square miles of airspace. AirScene wide area multilateration continues to be the surveillance system of choice for airports, ATC authorities, and militaries world-wide. The system offers these entities access to newer surveillance technology that is more accurate than conventional radar with a much lower cost of ownership.

“The Ohio State University Airport joins Cincinnati Lunken Airport in becoming the second general aviation reliever airport in the state of Ohio to use AirScene for operations monitoring”, stated Robert Blair, Rannoch’s Commercial Sales Manager. “OSU is similar to many other Rannoch users who had limited flight track coverage due to the distance between the airport and the closest air traffic radar. As a result, older radar based flight tracking technologies are unable to provide coverage to and from the surface. We are pleased to provide OSU with an independent and state-of-the-art flight tracking system that will meet their needs today as well as into the future.”