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ACCIPITER IN THE MEDIA
Striking Back with Avian Radar
April 13, 2010 - Striking Back with Avian Radar
This well presented article concisely reviews the threat of bird strikes to safe aviation and the tremendous progress avian radar has made to mitigate the risk.
FAA Fact Sheet- Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Program
January 14, 2010 - FAA Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Program Fact Sheet
Following the US Airways Flight 1549 bird strike and emergency landing in the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, public interest
in the FAA’s wildlife mitigation efforts significantly increased. The FAA remains committed to its long-standing goal of reducing wildlife hazards at
or near U.S. airports. To reach that goal, the FAA regularly partners with academia, military, other government agencies,
and the aviation industry to conduct research and outreach in this area. This Fact Sheet provides an overview of on-going wildlife mitigation
efforts by the FAA including the assessment of bird strike prevention technology such as avian radar.
Reducing Bird Strikes - New Radar Networks Can Help Make Skies Safer.
From the respected Journal of Air Traffic Control, this is an excellent article providing a comprehensive overview of bird strike prevention and how avian radar technology mitigates this growing challenge at airports. It includes the current operational status of avian radar, an explanation of X versus S band antenna coverage and a glimpse at the future of avian radar networks.
Affordable multi-mission radar surveillance networks for marine and port security.
This article explores Accipiter® security networks, including affordable ground-based, integrated, digital marine radars providing continuous situational awareness. Radar surveillance of critical infrastructure sites, often near waterways or marine exclusion zones, provides authorities with the information needed to prevent, respond to and control security threats.
Jane's Airport Review examines the development of Avian Radars.
Despite dire media accounts of the threat of bird strikes following the January 2009 ditching of a US Airways A320 in New York's Hudson River, aircraft have been colliding with birds since the earliest days of powered flight. Aviation authorities can, therefore, only attempt to minimise, rather than completely prevent, the risk of aircraft and birds colliding. Recent developments in radar are showing great promise.
Accipiter® Radar proud to have been Premium Executive Sponsor for 2009 inaugural forum.
The Miracle on the Hudson has increased awareness of Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) and leaves aviation and wildlife mitigation experts looking for solutions. Hundreds of professionals in these fields gathered May 6 and 7th in Chicago, Illinois for the Bird Strike Prevention Conference. The inaugural conference offered those in all fields an opportunity to gather information, exchange ideas and attend presentations by experts on bird strike hazard prevention. Accipiter Radar was the Premiere Executive Sponsor of the conference and hosted the forum luncheon. Dr. Tim J. Nohara, Accipiter President and CEO shared a brief summary of Avian Radar and how innovative technology developed by Accipiter Radar helps reduce BASH.
The danger of bird strikes is nothing new to aviation. The “Miracle on the Hudson“ has renewed awareness of this ever present hazard and the solutions available to mitigate the problem. Collaboration between government (FAA), academia (University of Illinois's Center of Excellence for Airport Technology), industry (Accipiter) and the airport community (SeaTac) assesses how avian radar can help make flight safer.
Accipiter Featured as a Successful Entrepreneurial Niagara Company
Accipiter is proud to have been chosen by Niagara Economic Development Corporation as one of Niagara's leading technology companies. The Niagara Region has served us well for more than a decade with its central North American location, proximity to leading educational institutions, access to skilled workforce and central transporation hub. We have been fortunate to have local government leaders who have been interested, involved and instrumental in our success. Add to that the natural beauty of the Niagara Peninsula, and its recreational, leisure and cultural lifestyle; it is an ideal location for families and business.
Sea-Tac Airport uses Accipiter Radars to Prevent Bird Strikes.
Steve Osmek, wildlife biologist at Sea-Tac Airport credits Accipiter radars as being the airport's most valuable tool for detecting and tracking birds. In three separate locations, avian radar terminals track the birds within six miles of the airport and up to 3,000 feet. This information is helpful in determining whether the species of bird might be a sparrow as opposed to a Canada goose - an important distinction from a jet engine's perspective.
Sea-Tac Airport Comprehensive Wildlife Management programs uses Accipiter Radars.
Sea-Tac Airport has a comprehensive wildlife management program that makes the airport area less attractive for certain wildlife species, thus ensuring a safe environment for aviation and passengers. In August 2007, Sea-Tac became the world's first airport to use avian radar in a long-term monitoring effort to detect potentially hazardous bird activity on and near an airport. Sea-Tac now uses three Accipiter® radars continuously.
NYC Airports Take New Steps to Fight Bird Hazards in the aftermath of US Airways Flight 1549.
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirms that Accipiter Avian Radars will go to JFK Airport for FAA evaluation, with expansion to LaGuardia and New Jersey's Newark Liberty Int. Airport upon successful evaluation.
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Journalist Kieran Daly takes an international look at bird strikes and related technology following the recent ditching of a US Airways Airbus A320 in New York's Hudson river. North American and European avian radar efforts are surveyed in the context of civil airports. At the present time, only Accipiter Avian Radars are deployed by the FAA at several, major, U.S. airports. The article features an interview with Dr. Tim J. Nohara, Accipiter's president, where the benefits of using high-resolution avian radars are discussed.
Sea-Tac Works to Keep Birds, Planes from Colliding
Steve Osmek, the wildlife program manager at Sea-Tac, demonstrates various bird hazard management techniques to reporters one day after a suspected bird strike brought down a US Airways jet in New York. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been using Accipiter's Avian Radars to continuously track birds in its airspace since March 2007 as part of FAA's avian radar evaluation program.
Related NECN.com Article & Webcast
Steve Osmek, the wildlife program manager at Sea-Tac, demonstrates various bird hazard management techniques to reporters one day after a suspected bird strike brought down a US Airways jet in New York. Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has been using Accipiter's Avian Radars to continuously track birds in its airspace since March 2007 as part of FAA's avian radar evaluation program.
eBirdRad Bird Radar Prevents Collisions at Navy's Air Base
For several years now, Sicom Systems and its subsidiary Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc. have been research and development partners with the U.S. Navy, and USDA and heavily involved in the eBirdRad project, in particular. We are proud that Accipiter® avian radars have been selected as the radar system of choice in providing essential bird monitoring information to those who require it, which will help to reduce the occasions for birdstrikes.
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Whitbey Island successfully tests new Avian Radar.
May 03, 2007 - Navy Newstand
Cutting-edge technology described as “amazing” has been implemented at NAS Whitbey Island. The deployment of Sicom’s eBirdrad is part of a multi-agency project that includes the military, Marine and Navy BASH programs, USDAWSP, FAA , the academic and civilian communities. The network places special emphasis on ground-truthing all targets that the radar system detects and tracking in real-time.
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Sicom System's Accipiter® Security Radar - An IRAP Success Story.
November 21, 2006 - National Research Council Canada
Sicom’s Accipiter® Security Radar System is a valuable tool in the protection of critical infrastructure sites and other valuable resources which may require 24/7 monitoring. Marine traffic surveillance and sophisticated perimeter security is now provided day and night 365 days a year allowing for a greater degree of safety.
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Sicom's Accipiter® Avian Radar for Airport Wildlife Managment.
Bird strikes are a very real danger at airports globally. Wildlife management at the airfield level is critical to assist in efforts to improve aviation safety. Sicom’s Accipiter® Avian Radar System assists wildlife management personnel at airports by detecting and tracking the movement of birds day and night in all weather.
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On Guard - Sicom's Radar System Can Help Safeguard our Border.
November 09, 2005 - Pelham News
Sicom’s Accipiter® Radar System can be deployed to help safeguard our border with technology successfully demonstrated at a Marine Sensor Integration Experiment conducted by Defence Research & Development Canada.
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Radar prevents Flight Line from going to the Birds.
Read how Sicom's Accipiter® Radar System is being used to detect, track and study birds at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point for the purpose of protecting human life, wildlife and aircraft during takeoff and landing.
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Keeping Souvenir Hunters at Bay
July 28, 2004 - The Standard
Two valuable underwater historic sites, The Hamilton and The Scourge are being protected by Sicom’s Accipiter® Radar System. The technology provides 24/7 marine surveillance of the area that is sometimes the target of scavengers.
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Canada Aids Enemy Ships - from 1813
July 26, 2004 - National Post
The City of Hamilton is set to unveil its use of Sicom’s Accipiter® Radar System to protect the final resting place of the Hamilton and the Scourge, two armed schooners that sank nearly 200 years ago in a sudden storm during the War of 1812.
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Sicom Develops Security Radar Technology
November/December 2003 - Canadian Electronics Journal
Enhanced awareness of potential threats to critical infrastructure and international borders has generated increased interest since 9/11. Sicom’s Accipiter® Security Radar System is a cost-effective radar system that is being used for homeland security surveillance applications to provide enhanced awareness of potential threats to critical infrastructure and international border security.
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August 27, 2003 - The Standard
During its final journey, the HMCS Haida will be accompanied by a Sicom System’s Accipiter® Security Radar. This cost-effective technology, designed for various homeland security applications, is being assessed for tracking capabilities during the Haida’s trip to its resting place.
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