What are the main technical requirements of an airport when it comes to their airfield ground lighting? Our own research, including discussions with our airport customers, chimes nicely with an industry survey that pinpoints two major needs – high energy efficiency and small size – to simplify maintenance and enable easy integration.

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Bernard Geldof

VP Research & Development

The Reliance Power HF is part of the ADB SAFEGATE intelligent AGL solution. It has been designed to meet the top priority needs of airports for their lighting installations. The flexible power module system brings multiple benefits for many of the real-life installations that we get involved with every day. Power HF is suitable for existing lighting installations and can support an airport’s ambitions to upgrade to LED for even greater energy savings.

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Amaury Huybreghs

Technical Support Coordinator WE

RESEARCH. In 2017, Frost & Sullivan kicked off its “Digital Transformation in Aviation” research initiative, running a series of global airline and airport surveys, aiming to understand the current state and future digital vision of operators. This article presents an overview of the key topics covered in the discussions with airport end-users, complemented by Frost & Sullivan’s own insights from published research reports on airport IT systems and airport landside/airside services.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

VIDEO. We´re at inter airport South East Asia 2019 in Singapore where the airport industry has gathered to demo and discuss the latest advances. It´s an important day for ADB SAFEGATE as we are announcing the next generation docking guidance solution – bringing a new level of safety and efficiency to apron operations. If you are unable to visit us at the show, don´t worry – we are reporting “live” from the event. Watch the video to find out more about Safedock X.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

SINGAPORE. ADB SAFEGATE announces Safedock X, an innovative, next generation docking guidance solution designed to bring a new level of safety and efficiency to apron operations. ADB SAFEGATE’s new Safedock X Advanced Visual Docking Guidance System (A-VDGS) combines new surveillance technologies, modern display capabilities and advanced integration to ensure safe docking in all weather conditions and bring fully automated airport apron management a step closer to reality.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

AWARD. The Integrated Controller Working Position from ADB SAFEGATE – OneControl – has been nominated for this year’s Fast Forward Award, a business award for innovative products, chaired by the Styrian Research Society. The awards showcase which of today’s pioneering inventions can shape the world of tomorrow. Six companies are nominated in the same category as OneControl and ADB SAFEGATE.
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Ieyasu Sugimoto

Global Product Manager ATC Solutions

NEW VIDEO. Why partnering with ADB SAFEGATE? An interview with Senior Vice President, Airports Systems Division & Logistics at SATCO. Saudi Arabian Trading & Construction Co (SATCO) is an expert in Build, Operate and Transfer. It uses a specific business model that is in airport business quite unique and illustrates a shift in the industry where key players redefine their scope and take up a larger ownership and expand their activities from a mere contractor to also a full-fledged design & operational partner of the airport. We interview key customers to better understand their current and future challenges but also the new business models that are being implemented around the world.

It’s a fact that most of the glamour generated by the aviation business can be attributed to airlines and their operators. But as industry insiders will agree, the sky-borne aspect of the aviation business is comparatively straightforward. The environment, the costs, the product are all relatively predictable. Airports on the other hand face a myriad of extra challenges including geophysical, environmental, social, regulatory, political, climatic and project management-related.

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ADB SAFEGATE Reporter

Several years ago, LED technology transformed airfield ground lighting. Its adoption has since been rapid and unstoppable as airports reap the rewards of substantially lower energy costs, ultra-long lamp life, high-quality output and much faster response times compared to the conventional halogen lighting. Build a safer, lower cost airfield. Today, we stand on the threshold of a further transformation as advanced control systems build on the capabilities of LED lighting and other technologies to create the intelligent airfield.

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Andreas Wirandi

Global Product Manager Intelligent Lighting

While there is always a risk that shared information will be misused by a recipient, the experience has been that the benefits of sharing security information within closed communities far outweigh the risks. Strength comes from working together – smartly and securely – utilising the digital engagement technology that exists today.
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