AIR NAVIGATION & METEOROLOGY
Surveillance
GT280
AUTOMATIC DEPENDENT
SURVEILLANCE BROADCAST (ADS-B)
The GT280 Ground Station Receiver is the
most advance ADS-B 1090MHz Mode S
Extended Squitter solution for Civil Aviation
and Military Air Traffic Control, providing ex-
tremely precise and reliable aircraft position
data and movement parameters. Dual design
based on a 19” rack configuration or IP65/67
outdoor pole mounted enclosure.
GECI´s GT280 Ground Station provides the most modern and
advance ADS-B cost-efficient solution alternative to conven-
HIGHLIGHTS
tional radar with the ability to build a complete air situation
picture from airport surface to well beyond 250nm. The ground Scalable from single sensor to multi-sensor
station receiver design is based on ICAO and EUROCONTROL distributed MLAT
specifications and implementation using the latest available
technologies in electronics, communications and RF fields. The Easy data exchange with other systems (Asterix
receiver can work with any Primary and Secondary Surveillan- formats)
ce Radars providing a complete integrated solution. GT280
provides advance message time-stamping and can be used in Advance decoding techniques,
MULTILATERATION solutions. high precision timestamping
GT280 is a fully-featured, modern ADS-B ground station based
Simultaneous monitoring of en-route, terminal area
on high-sensitive Mode A/C/S and ADS-B receiver and decoder.
and surface movement
The system provides advance RTCA DO260/A/B data decoding,
ASTERIX CAT021 data encoding, ASTERIX CAT023 (CNS/ATM
Receivers can be exchanged without suspending
Ground Station Service Messages v. 1.1 & 1.2) and ASTERIX
system operation
CAT24 (Version Number Exchange, v. 1.0 & 1.2).
Powerful BITE Mode S Extended Squiter
19” rack or outdoor pole-mounted configuration
Highly configurable CMS and Situation Display
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Interfaces Ethernet, GSM, Wifi
Power Options 24VDC, 100-240VAC, PoE
Coverage
Maximum 256NM
Minimum 0NM
Altitude 66000ft
Dynamic Range 70 db
Sensitivity -90dBm
Antenna 1 or 5 dBi, GNSS
The system has an open and flexible architecture, configura-
ble according to client´s requirements and the needs of di- Maximum number of targets >2000
fferent sites, such as communications architecture, mainte- Data Output ASTERIX CAT021/023 (0.26,
nance network, multilateration requirements, multi-sensor 2.1, 2.4), SNMP, raw timestam-
central processing, etc. ped Mode ACS
Standards ED-129, DO-260, DO-260A/B
GT280 receiver provides a high level of integration and modu-
Automatic failure control 90%
larisation and guarantees hot stand-by redundant configura-
tion without losing full redundancy in operational equipment MTBF 33000 hours
to meet system availability.
MTIR 5 min
Designed based on advance technology the system has a Availability 130000 hours
Powerful BITE Mode S Extended Squiter together with a Humidity <95% non-condensing
highly configurable Control and Monitoring System and
Temperature -20 to 60ºC
Situation Display.
