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Norway’s Air Navigation Chooses Saab For WAM System

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015

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Norway’s Air Navigation Chooses Saab For WAM System

Avinor Air Navigation Services (ANS), Norway’s air navigation service provider, selected Saab AB to deploy a multilateration technology for air traffic surveillance coverage across the whole country, Saab said Tuesday.Avinor’s NORWAM (Norway Wide Area Multilateration) system is planned to provide air traffic surveillance data to the advanced surveillance data system (ARTAS) tracker through a constellation of sensors placed throughout the country, Saab said.NORWAM is set to replace several existing radars which have reached their end-of-life dates. The new system surveillance…

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