DeWitt, NY--NAV Canada is using Sensis Corp. equipment to help air traffic controllers keep track of low-flying helicopters serving the area near Whistler, a major event site for the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics Games.
The company's wide area multilateration system uses sensors to triangulate aircraft and helicopter locations based on their transponder signals. The system provides air traffic controllers with aircraft position and identification regardless of weather conditions.
The flight corridor between the Olympics host city of Vancover and Pemberton, British Columbia, does not currently have low-altitude radar coverage for helicopter traffic.
NAV Canada is the nation's civil air navigation provider.
Sensis provides sensors, information technology and simulation and modeling to air navigation service providers, civil aviation authorities, airports, airlines and the military.