ERA is to install the first-ever wide area multilateration system in Hungary. The contract was signed at the Airspace World 2025 event this week in Lisbon.
Czech radar supplier ERA won the international tender for the project WAM Budapest which will deliver a Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system to cover the airspace above the north/western part of Hungary. The area includes the Terminal Manoeuvring Area of the Ferenc Liszt International Airport serving Hungary’s capital Budapest.
ERA’s WAM system will be the first ever wide area system for monitoring air traffic installed in Hungary. According to the contract, WAM/ADS-B system sensors will be delivered and installed on multiple sites in the area covering roughly one fifth of the country. An ERA MasterCare programme of post warranty assurance services is also part of the contract.
ERA will install its MSS-5, the latest generation of the company’s Multilateration multi-sensor Surveillance System for the WAM. 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.
“We are glad to announce the signing of contract for supply of WAM system for Budapest airport´s TMA. The implementation of the 1st WAM system in Hungary is an important step in our plan to optimise infrastructure and diversify surveillance data sources,” stated Barnabás Kis, the CEO of HungaroControl.
HungaroControl has already worked with ERA on the MLAT system, part of Budapet International Airport’s A-SMGCS. This surface monitoring system was originally deployed in 2006 and extended in 2015 and 2021 to become an integral part of a virtual tower solution that HungaroControl launched in 2014.
There are also 129 pieces of squitter beacons SQUID by ERA serving as the vehicle tracking system at Budapest airport since 2008.