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September 08, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Accipiter Radar to introduce future of 360° 3D Avian Radar at
2009 Bird Strike North America Conference
Niagara, ONTARIO - Accipiter Radar, a North American leader in radar development, will introduce the latest in avian radar technology at the 2009 Bird Strike North America Conference, September 14- 17, at the Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort, in Victoria, British Columbia. As exclusive Title Sponsor of this event, Accipiter continues to take a leadership role in the innovation and development of avian radar as well as sharing information with aviation and wildlife mitigation professionals to reduce the very real and present danger of bird strikes to safety.
Exclusive multi-beam technology,
developed by Accipiter (patents pending), provides never before realized 360° 3D capabilities with information
accuracy that will greatly improve the potential of avian radar to provide safety benefits in civil airport
environments.
"The 2009 Bird Strike North America
Conference brings together attendees from around the globe who are eager to learn about the latest developments in
bird strike mitigation." Dr Tim J. Nohara, President & CEO of Accipiter Radar noted. "We've made significant progress in
avian radar and we're delighted to introduce the world's only 360° 3D Avian Radar technology at this event" he added.
Accipiter Radar has recently completed the installation
and approval of a customized Accipiter® radar network at Toronto City Centre Airport, which provides automated alerts to controllers
when vessels enter marine exclusion zones that could conflict with take-offs and landings. This is the first time a North American
airport has incorporated this technology in the tower for operational use. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) chose the
same Accipiter® radars for its avian radar assessment program being undertaken by CEAT (Center of Excellence for Airport Technology).
Conclusions of this assessment will provide a foundation for an Advisory Circular from the FAA regarding standards for avian radar use
at civil airports. Accipiter operates avian radar systems at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Chicago O'Hare and JFK International,
New York under this assessment program.
In January of this year the ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River,
New York brought considerable attention to the dangers of bird strikes to aviation. In July the National
Transportation Safety Board released conclusions after investigations concerning a Cessna 500 that struck
one or more American White Pelicans in Oklahoma in March 2008. These included the determination that reliable
information about birds likely to be encountered near airport operations is necessary for pilots who want to
minimize bird-strike damage. Commercially available Accipiter® avian radar has proven to play an important role
in providing this information that is crucial to aviation safety.
Accipiter Radar is a North American company with operations in Canada (Accipiter Radar
Technologies Inc.) and the United States (Accipiter Radar Corporation). Accipiter offers the world's most advanced
3D, 360 deg, commercially-available, tracking surveillance radars using affordable PC-based processing to the
Homeland Security and Aviation Safety markets worldwide. The Accipiter® product family encompasses complete
wide-area radar surveillance solutions including target data acquisition, storage, management, analysis, distribution,
integration, fusion and visualization. Accipiter has won the business of the world's most demanding customers
including the RCMP, DND, the U.S. DoD, Dept. of Homeland Security, and Federal Aviation Administration, every
branch of the military and law enforcement agencies and corporations on both sides of the U.S. / Canada border.
For further information please contact:
Niagara, Ontario, Canada: Tel:905-228-6888 Fax:905-892-2249
Orchard Park, New York, USA: Tel:716-508-4432 Fax:888-393-6421