Saudi Arabia Selects Sensis A-SMGCS and WAM for King Fahad and King Abdulaziz International...

Saudi Arabia Selects Sensis A-SMGCS and WAM for King Fahad and King Abdulaziz
International Airports

Advanced - Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems and Wide Area
Multilateration to Enhance Safety and Increase Capacity

EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The General Authority of Civil
Aviation (GACA) of Saudi Arabia has selected Sensis Corporation for deployment
of Advanced - Surface Movement Guidance and Control Systems (A-SMGCS) and Wide
Area Multilateration (WAM) systems for King Abdulaziz International Airport
(Jeddah) and King Fahad International Airport (Dammam). Both airports will
enhance safety by using A-SMGCS to view aircraft and vehicles on the ground.
The multilateration subsystem of the A-SMGCS systems will be expanded to
provide the airports with WAM for safe and efficient separation of aircraft in
the terminal approach coverage area. Additionally, the airports will use
Sensis VeeLo NextGen(TM) vehicle locator units for tracking and identification
of vehicles on the airport surface.

Sensis A-SMGCS fuses data from multiple surveillance sources, including Sensis
Multistatic Dependent Surveillance (MDS) multilateration, Sensis solid state
SMRi X-band radar and VeeLo NextGen vehicle locator units, to deliver accurate
and highly reliable data. Further, the A-SMGCS includes advanced conflict
detection and alerting through audible and visual alerts. The WAM
surveillance component of the system will be integrated into the A-SMGCS to
track and separate aircraft on approach up to 50 nautical miles from the
airport.

"Sensis has the experience to provide us with a fully integrated system that
meets the high accuracy surveillance required for both airports," said Engr.
Mohammed A. Al-Salmi, vice president, Air Navigation Services, GACA. "The
integrated A-SMGCS and WAM approach also simplifies our training, reduces
maintenance costs and gives us the ability to easily adapt the systems to meet
any future airport needs."

"The General Authority of Civil Aviation has taken a novel approach by
integrating and simultaneously deploying A-SMGCS and WAM applications," said
Tony Lo Brutto, vice president and general manager of Sensis Air Traffic
Systems. "This is a very cost-effective solution that will provide air
traffic controllers with seamless, highly accurate surveillance from the
surface to the terminal area around both airports. Additionally, since each
multilateration sensor supports Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast
(ADS-B), the airports can seamlessly transition to ADS-B at the appropriate
time without deploying new equipment."

Today, Sensis' customers are using its A-SMGCS solution at 18 airports around
the world and the company's multilateration is the most field-proven system in
the industry, with approximately 100 sites worldwide using the technology.

A pioneer in WAM, Sensis WAM is operational at Innsbruck Airport, Austria; 29
Palms Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, California; and the U.S. Navy
Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland. Further, Sensis WAM is being
deployed at Yuma Proving Grounds, Arizona; Colorado and Juneau, Alaska;
Tasmania and Sydney Airport, Australia; Vancouver Harbor and Fort St. John,
Canada; North Sea, United Kingdom; and Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport,
Michigan.

ABOUT SENSIS CORPORATION
Sensis Corporation provides sensors, information technology, and simulation
and modeling to the world's air navigation service providers, civil aviation
authorities, airports, airlines and militaries. Sensis Corporation solutions
are deployed around the world. For more information regarding Sensis
Corporation, visit www.sensis.com.

ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA GENERAL AUTHORITY OF CIVIL AVIATION
The General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) is the authorized entity that
is responsible for air transport regulations, airport operations and the
provision of air navigation services in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
GACA is currently undergoing a major transition to become a fully independent
organization operating on a commercial basis. The Council of Ministers has
approved the transformation of the ANS strategic business unit to an
independent company with its own board of directors.

In 2007 more than 40 million passengers utilized GACA airports and more than
700,000 flights operated in the KSA airspace, up by 15% compared to 2006.

GACA has launched major projects to upgrade its air navigation system to meet
airspace user demand while maintaining the highest level of aviation safety.
Two new ACCs are planned to start operation in first quarter of 2009. For more
information, visit www.gaca.gov.sa.

SOURCE Sensis Corporation

Rob Conrad of Sensis Corporation, +1-315-634-3139, or +1-315-751-3646,
rconrad@sensis.com