Cranfield to go digital/remote tower
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Cranfield to go digital/remote tower
https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/ne...-control-tower
I guess the remote facility will still be on site, as the article suggests they want to harness the research/academic side to it
I guess the remote facility will still be on site, as the article suggests they want to harness the research/academic side to it
In the latter days of RAE/DRA Bedford, they even had SSR piped in from Debden; handed traffic over to them many times. 2nm SRAs were possible using Bedford's radar.
I suppose they'll now insist all Cranfield based traffic plus visitors carry ADS-B now and use an SBS or something to monitor them.
Whatever happened to the system marketed by the Stormscope people back in the '90s which used SSR Mode A/C to give a traffic display?
I suppose they'll now insist all Cranfield based traffic plus visitors carry ADS-B now and use an SBS or something to monitor them.
Whatever happened to the system marketed by the Stormscope people back in the '90s which used SSR Mode A/C to give a traffic display?
https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/press/ne...-control-tower
I guess the remote facility will still be on site, as the article suggests they want to harness the research/academic side to it
I guess the remote facility will still be on site, as the article suggests they want to harness the research/academic side to it
True I suppose but how long before London City's comes on line? How long will the CAA insist on 'evaluating' them before they issue licences?
When Farnborough wanted to instal a TLS as a cheaper option to ILS, the CAA intitially said they would 'rubber stamp' it as it was approved for operations by the FAA in the US, but when it was being trialled, they suddenly decided they would need 'up to' 5 years to evaluate it as it was such a new concept. Might the same not apply to digital towers?
Who in their right minds is going to commit to all that expense then find the CAA won't approve it?
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I would imagine it would be located at Cranfield, as it appears to be intended as a research facility for the university, as well as an operational digital tower.
CAA have been involved in the EASA Rule Making Group for digital/remote towers. No reason to think they would not accept a facility that conformed to those rules.
CAA have been involved in the EASA Rule Making Group for digital/remote towers. No reason to think they would not accept a facility that conformed to those rules.
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I would have thought that radar would have been a more appropriate addition to the ATC facilities at Cranfield!
A radar is coming as well.
I would have thought that radar would have been a more appropriate addition to the ATC facilities at Cranfield!
A radar is coming as well.
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They did! The SAAB provided virtual tower is the first bit of the wider £65 million DARTeC project announced a few months ago which will include a "next-generation radar" to create "radar enabled research airspace".
It has been announced today that a new £65 million Digital Aviation Research and Technology Centre (DARTeC) will be built at Cranfield University to spearhead the UK’s research into digital aviation technology. Once constructed, DARTeC will provide research facilities unprecedented in Europe...Game-changing technologies such as a virtual air traffic control tower and next-generation radar technologies on the University’s licensed airport will also provide a Civil Aviation Authority-approval route that promises increased efficiency, flexibility and capacity.
They did! The SAAB provided virtual tower is the first bit of the wider £65 million DARTeC project announced a few months ago which will include a "next-generation radar" to create "radar enabled research airspace".
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If on the other hand it’s going to be a R&D centre for technological programmes, such as data links and RPAS/manned flight integration, then perhaps such licenced, radar-based ATS are not required.