ERA will install the first ever wide area multilateration system in Hungary. The contract was signed within ASW in Lisbon
ERA won an international tender and has been awarded a contract for a project WAM Budapest. ERA is supposed to deliver Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system to cover the airspace above the north/western part of Hungary, including the Terminal Manoeuvring Area of the Ferenc Liszt International Airport serving the capital Budapest.
The contract was signed by ERA and the customer and end user HungaroControl, Hungarian air navigation services provider, during the ceremony at ERA stand within the Airspace World 2025 exhibition, in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 13, 2025.
WAM system by ERA is the first ever wide area system monitoring the air traffic over Hungary. According to the contract provisions, WAM/ADS-B system sensors will be delivered and installed on multiple sites in the area covering roughly one fifth of the country. ERA MasterCare programme of post warranty assurance services is part of the contract.
The heart of the system is ERA’s system MSS-5, the latest generation of the world-wide recognized Multilateration multi-sensor Surveillance System by ERA. 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.
The customer will benefit from flexibility and increased security of the system, naturally reliable thanks to its unique ERA design.
“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 put its trust in ERA company once more, thanks to good experience with ERA MLAT system, a component for A-SMGCS system, which has been functioning at Budapest International Airport for twenty years. This surface monitoring system was originally deployed in 2006 and extended in 2015 and 2021 and has 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.
