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Thursday, September 3, 2009

air traffic control; GPS tracking offered for small airports

A South African company is to market technology to allow low-cost air traffic tracking at small airports where radar systems are not cost-effective. The system would provide air traffic controllers with detailed graphical information on aircraft and their positions by using GPS satellite navigation information collected by the aircraft's navigation systems.

Orbtech Holdings, a division of Midrand, South Africa-based vehicle tracking systems developer Celtron International, has purchased the provisional patents for the system, and says it could revolutionise the safety of flight in uncontrolled airspace.

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