Afghanistan has awarded Thales a contract for the delivery, installation, training and commissioning of the country's first operational wide area multilateration system.
The surveillance system will control an area covering 1,000 x 648km (540 x 350nm), giving coverage for en route flight above sea level and in the vicinity of Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif and Heart airports.
The system will allow the processing of automatic dependent surveillance - broadcast messages. Announcing the deal at ILA yesterday, Vaclec Sourek, sales and marketing director of Thales air traffic management services in Germany, where the contract is being managed, said: "It can be expanded to accommodate lower flight levels right down to airport runway and taxi route monitoring."
Source: Flight Daily News