MSS by Era can be configured as a cooperative wide area surveillance system dedicated to air traffic management. The system is type certified in numerous countries against radar standards such as ICAO ANNEX 10 and has been operationally certified for 3nm approach separation. MSS by Era is thus a prime Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) replacement providing higher accuracy, greater update rates, better coverage and improved reliability at a much lower cost.

A typical wide area solution consists of 5 receiving stations, a central processing station (CPS), a combined interrogator and monitoring transponder (IMT), one or more terminals of the remote control and monitoring system (RCMS) and a controller working position. MSS by Era is a completely modular system, easily adaptable to any terminal and wide area requirements and to all terrain challenges. For each deployment, the best architectural configuration and related data link technology are carefully selected to meet the requirements of the customer with optimal utilization of the available infrastructure (e.g. copper wires, optical fibers, wireless connections, etc.). MSS by Era is also designed to be enhanced for full 3-dimensional air surveillance within the entire TMA area.

In areas with sufficient Mode A/C/S interrogation provided by local SSR or in areas with transponder overloading problems, MSS by Era provides a fully passive solution and utilizes all available SSR replies to locate, identify and track aircraft. In this application, there is no need for additional transponder interrogation.

“Once again, Era has delivered a reliable high-performance component of the Czech ATM infrastructure using its wide area multilateration technology.  In this project, Era’s distributed timing features have allowed us to deploy receivers flexibly and discretely around the Prague terminal area to establish the coverage that we required.  Also as usual, Era’s project and support people turned out to be just as reliable as their technology.” 

- Mr. Ivan Uhlir, Czech ANS, Ostrava Solution

Case Study: Ostrava