ORCHARD PARK, N.Y., Oct. 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Accipiter Radar Corporation, a U.S. radar surveillance systems company, has confirmed that it is a member of the winning team securing a fixed-price contract worth up to one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for the delivery of Ultra-Light Aircraft Detection (ULAD) Systems to the U.S. Customs and Border… Continue Reading
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Radar Protects Birds at Oil Sands Facility
The same advanced radar technology that helps keep birds and planes apart at airports is now protecting birds from contact with tailings ponds at Alberta Oil Sands production facilities. The Accipiter® Bird Protection Radar System recently installed at Syncrude Canada Ltd. facilities north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, is the largest and most sophisticated radar-based bird… Continue Reading
Accipiter Sponsor of Bird Strike North America 2011
Accipiter Radar is proud to be the host sponsor of the 2011 Bird Strike North America Conference taking place September 12-15, at the Marriott Gateway to the Falls, formerly the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel and Conference Centre, Niagara Falls, Ontario. This event, organized by the Bird Strike Association of Canada and the Bird Strike Committee USA,… Continue Reading
Bird Radar at 4 Wing Cold Lake “First in Canada”
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… Continue Reading
Accipiter® Radars in first North American ATC Tower
Accipiter Radar announced today another first for its Accipiter® line of software-definable radars at Toronto City Airport (TCCA). Recently, Accipiter completed the installation and approval of a custom-developed application that provides automated alerts to controllers when targets of concern enter the marine exclusion zones that could conflict with take-offs and landings. The Accipiter® application integrates… Continue Reading
Accipiter Partners with RCMP – Wins Federal Funding
Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc. (Accipiter) in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has been awarded $200,000 to lead a study to examine the feasibility of using radar networks for surveillance on the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes. The Honourable Peter Gordon MacKay, Minister of National Defence and Minister for the Atlantic… Continue Reading