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December 16, 2009
PRESS RELEASE
Bird Radar at 4 Wing Cold Lake "First in Canada"
Pelham, ONTARIO - The busiest fighter wing in Canada, 4 Wing Cold Lake, Alberta,
will get the first permanently deployed bird radar unit in the country.
The Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) has
entered into a contract with Accipiter Radar for the purchase and installation of an Accipiter® Avian Radar for the Cold Lake base.
The radar will be used to carry out the development of the base's Airport Bird-Hazard Risk Assessment Process (ABRAP) which Cold Lake
has contracted to Falcon Environmental Service (FES).
4 Wing Cold Lake is seeking to develop an ABRAP, in
accordance with Transport Canada guidance, in an effort to mitigate the threat of bird strikes to aviation safety; ensure
sustainability of the area's wildlife habitat; and, assess risks associated with encroaching land use development. The ABRAP
will complement the base's existing Airport Wildlife Management Plan (WMP).
This venture clearly demonstrates the level of commitment
the Canadian military has toward helping reduce the very real danger of bird strikes. Accipiter Radar's President and CEO, Dr Tim J Nohara
comments on this exciting first in Canada: "4 Wing Cold Lake has shown tremendous foresight in the use of leading-edge technology,
and we are delighted to be a part of this milestone in aviation safety."
Both Accipiter and Falcon are North American leaders and innovators in their respective fields, with clients
from government agencies to the private sector. "We look forward to working with Cold Lake and Falcon on this project"
noted Dr. Nohara.
The Accipiter® Avian Radar is expected to be delivered to 4 Wing Cold Lake in the spring of 2010.
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