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Gold Coast Airport will have Airservices’ new digital air traffic control suite by the end of 2015.
Airservices said on Tuesday it had awarded a $20 million contract to defence and security company Saab for the installation of its Integrated Tower Automation Suite (INTAS) at four existing control towers – Brisbane, Cairns, Gold Coast and Perth.
The INTAS workstations and consoles were currently at control towers at Adelaide, Broome, Melbourne and Rockhampton airports.
“Gold Coast tower will be next to be fitted with INTAS which is expected to be completed by the end of 2015 and commissioned into service during the second quarter of 2016,” Airservices said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Perth, Cairns and Brisbane towers will follow in turn at approximately six monthly intervals.”
INTAS combines flight and operational data, surveillance and voice communications.
The air traffic controller has four touchscreen monitors and electronic flight strips, doing away with the paper strips used currently.
The nation’s air navigation service provider flagged upgrades to the Gold Coast, Perth, Cairns and Brisbane airports control towers in September last year, after the rollout of INTAS at Adelaide, Broome, Melbourne and Rockhampton was completed.
Airservices said on Tuesday it had awarded a $20 million contract to defence and security company Saab for the installation of its Integrated Tower Automation Suite (INTAS) at four existing control towers – Brisbane, Cairns, Gold Coast and Perth.
The INTAS workstations and consoles were currently at control towers at Adelaide, Broome, Melbourne and Rockhampton airports.
“Gold Coast tower will be next to be fitted with INTAS which is expected to be completed by the end of 2015 and commissioned into service during the second quarter of 2016,” Airservices said in a statement on Tuesday.
“Perth, Cairns and Brisbane towers will follow in turn at approximately six monthly intervals.”
INTAS combines flight and operational data, surveillance and voice communications.
The air traffic controller has four touchscreen monitors and electronic flight strips, doing away with the paper strips used currently.
The nation’s air navigation service provider flagged upgrades to the Gold Coast, Perth, Cairns and Brisbane airports control towers in September last year, after the rollout of INTAS at Adelaide, Broome, Melbourne and Rockhampton was completed.
