Introducing the Shannon Airport Case Study

Shannon Airport initially approached us with the challenge of keeping protestors out of the perimeter. The airport is the third busiest in Ireland, and its site is both busy and complex. As well as an airport and associated buildings, the site also contains engineering works and it is used by the US military. 

By 2016, working closely with Shannon Airport managers and engineers, Navtech Radar installed the innovative AdvanceGuard solution, integrated with existing Milestone VMS technology.

By working closely together, both Navtech Radar and Shannon Airport learn and grow continuously. The airport has a flexible, future-proof solution while Navtech innovates and extends its product’s capability and potential.

The original installation was set up to surveil the airport grounds and around 10 metres beyond the perimeter. This required just three radars and immediately provided highly effective perimeter protection and a comprehensive overview of site activity. However, the system has since been extended as, over the years, continuous communication between Navtech and Shannon Airport revealed further potential benefits.

Among the first additions was AdvanceGuard’s ‘friend or foe’ capability. This uses a tagging system to tell AdvanceGuard whether an activity or vehicle is legitimate or not, and to trigger an alarm (or not) accordingly. Later, the airport installed AdvanceGuard’s integrated ADS-B capability to identify and track aircraft.