ERA will install the first ever wide area multilateration system in Hungary. The contract was signed within ASW in Lisbon
| Company | ERA Company |
|---|---|
| Date | 14.05.2025 |
ERA won an international tender and has been awarded a contract for project WAM Budapest. ERA is supposed to deliver the Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system to cover the airspace above the north/western part of Hungary, including the Terminal Manoeuvring Area of the Ferenc Liszt International Airport serving the capital Budapest.
The contract was assigned by ERA and the customer and end user HungaroControl, Hungarian air navigation services provider, during a ceremony at the ERA stand within the Airspace World 2025 exhibition, in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 13, 2025.
The WAM system by ERA is the first ever wide area system monitoring the air traffic over Hungary. According to the contract provisions, WAM/ADS-B system sensors will be delivered and installed on multiple sites in an area covering roughly one fifth of the country. The ERA MasterCare programme of post warranty assurance services is part of the contract.
The heart of the system is ERA’s system MSS-5, the latest generation of the world-wide recognized Multilateration multi-sensor Surveillance System by ERA. MSS-5 is a mature, certified multi-solution surveillance system with multilateration and ADS-B capability. It is proven to provide accurate real-time location and identification of all objects equipped with a Mode A/C/S transponder.
The customer will benefit from the flexibility and increased security of the system, which is naturally reliable thanks to its unique ERA design.
“We are glad to announce the signing of the contract for supplying of the WAM system for Budapest airport’s TMA. The implementation of the first WAM system in Hungary is an important step in our plan to optimise the infrastructure and diversify the surveillance data sources,” stated Barnabás Kis, the CEO of HungaroControl.
HungaroControl put its trust in ERA company once more, thanks to good experience with the ERA MLAT system, a component for the A-SMGCS system, which has been functioning at Budapest International Airport for twenty years. This surface monitoring system was originally deployed in 2006, extended in 2015 and 2021 and has become an integral part of the ‘virtual’ tower solution that HungaroControl launched in 2014.
There have also been 129 pieces of squitter beacons SQUID by ERA serving as the vehicle tracking system at Budapest airport since 2008.
