Airports Are Vulnerable to Outside Safety and Security Breaches from People, Vehicles and Wildlife

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Oct. 7, 2013 - PRLog -- An individual on a jet-ski was stranded and jumped the perimeter fence at one of the nation’s largest airports. A drunk driver crashed through a perimeter gate and led police on a high speed chase across the airfield at another airport. Eight men dressed as police officers entered through a hole in the fence of an overseas airport and pulled off a jewel heist. People, vehicles and wildlife breach perimeter security and encroach onto airport grounds, making airports vulnerable to safety and security risks that could easily go undetected.

Dynetics, a 40-year innovator of sensor technologies, has developed the groundAware Airport Perimeter and Ground Surveillance Radar to enable airports to immediately detect intruders and respond before they pose real danger to safety and security. Representatives of the company will showcase the groundAware technology at the 19^th International Exhibition for Airport Equipment, Technology, Design & Services at the Munich Trade Fair, Germany, Oct. 8-11, 2013. They will demonstrate to airport industry representatives how groundAware’s technology instantaneously and accurately detects intruders.

Dynetics engineers designed the product for highly accurate situational awareness with a very low false alarm rate; all-weather dependability; high reliability and minimal support; flexibility to meet diverse needs; interoperability with video and other assets; and easy installation and use. It integrates advanced radar, video, mobile and other technologies in a network-centric architecture to provide quick, accurate detection of ground-based objects.

“Because our groundAware technology provides situational awareness, airport security personnel can instantaneously detect intruders and then easily track them,” said Greg Lester, executive vice president for Defense, Space and Intelligence Programs. “The radar is configurable to cover an entire airport or specific areas, and it provides automatic alarms for cuing video surveillance cameras, dispatching airport police or employing other assets.”

For more information about the radar, visit http://www.dynetics.com/products/reconfigurable-surveillance-sensor/dynetics-groundaware.

For more information about the Munich conference, visit http://www.interairport.com/europe/english/.

About Dynetics

The Dynetics Aware family of reconfigurable surveillance sensors is delivered by a company with nearly 40 years of working with customers in national defense, security, space, critical infrastructure, state and local government, health care, education, financial services, automotive and other sectors.

Since its founding in 1974, Dynetics’ work with defense and intelligence organizations has made the research, development, engineering, analysis and implementation of security sensor systems a core part of its business. Dynetics’ radar engineering services and products are now relied on for a range of complex, mission-critical applications around the world.

For more information visit www.dynetics.com.