Boston, Massachusetts, 25th, March, 2009–Xsight Systems announced today that they received the 2009 Thales Emerging Technology Award during the ATC Global Award Ceremony that was hosted by IHS Jane's last week in Amsterdam, Holland.
The winners represent the best achievements by industry players over the past year. The judges made their selections from nominations including flight efficiency programmes, safety initiatives and technical developments aimed at making flying safer and greener in the future.
All the nominations were of an extremely high standard, highlighting the advances across the air traffic control sector and demonstrating the latest technological solutions available today.
Jane's Airport Review Editor, Ben Vogel explains, "Air traffic control is under pressure to deliver more in all these areas and the awards demonstrate there is no shortage of innovation to achieve this. The high-level judging panel included senior industry figures from Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, Eurocontrol, the Federal Aviation Administration, International Aviation Transport Association, International Civil Aviation Organization and IHS Jane’s."
FODetect®, from Xsight Systems is an automated FOD detection and airside surface monitoring system that combines electro-optical and radar technology to perform continuous automatic FOD detection on airport runways and taxiways. Launched in September 2008, FODetect has undergone extensive testing by the FAA at Boston Logan International Airport in Boston.
Dr. Meny Benady, VP of Marketing and Business Development at Xsight Systems says, "It is a special honor to receive the 2009 ATC Global Thales Emerging Technology Award, as Thales is recognized as the world leader in ATC and in Navigation Aids. Xsight is dedicated to employing advanced technologies to improve runway situational awareness and safety. We believe that the enhanced safety provided by our system and the availability of this new technology will lead airports worldwide to adopt it as a standard for their runways."
About Xsight Systems (www.xsightsys.com)
Xsight Systems is a leading provider of airports safety and capacity enhancement solutions and has been developing this technology since 2001. Xsight has developed and commercialized a novel concept for detecting foreign objects on airport ground movement surfaces. Xsight Systems' leading product is its FODetect® system. Xsight has performed a FODetect® pilot installation at Sde-Dov airport in Tel Aviv, Israel with great success and is currently completing a system evaluation with the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) at Boston's Logan International Airport. Xsight Systems is an affiliated company of the Van-Leer foundation (www.vanleergroupfoundation.nl).
About IHS Jane’s (www.janes.com )
IHS Jane's is the leading open source information provider and conference organiser on defence, international risk and national security to governments, militaries, industries and academia around the globe. 2009 is the 100th anniversary of Jane’s All The Worlds Aircraft. IHS Jane’s, an IHS (NYSE: IHS) company, is headquartered in London, and also has offices in Alexandria, Virginia; Singapore; Tokyo; Dubai; and Sydney, Australia.
For further information pls. contact:
Dr. Meny Benady, VP Marketing & Business Development
Tel: +972-3-9102562
E-mail: mbenady@xsightsys.com
US Marketing Contact:
Arik Fux – VP, Boston Office Leader
Tel: 1.781.330.8466,
E-mail: afux@xsightsys.com