Runway Occupancy Awareness, or ROA, provides
enhanced situational awareness in the busy airport
environment
OLATHE, Kan.,
Aug. 14,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today
announced the certification of Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA),
marking the first certified software solution utilizing the
Surface Indications and Alert (SURF-IA) technology. ROA
uses ADS-B traffic to alert the crew of potential runway incursions
caused by nearby airborne aircraft, aircraft on the ground and
ground vehicles. The initial FAA certification was received by
Textron Aviation on the G1000® NXi-equipped Cessna
Caravan.
Garmin also expects to receive FAA certification for ROA in
their G5000® STC covering the Cessna Citation
Excel, XLS, XLS+ and XLS Gen2 in September of 2024 and expects for
the technology to be certified on more Garmin-equipped aircraft in
the coming months. ROA is initially available on select Garmin
Integrated Flight Decks ranging from G1000 NXi to G5000 equipped
aircraft serving the broad general and business aviation
markets.
"With the rate of runway incursions increasing, there is a
real need for increased safety tools in the cockpit. Equipping
pilots with this technology can reduce the risk of runway
incursions and help provide confidence for pilots navigating busy
and complex airports."
–Phil Straub, Garmin
Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Aviation
ROA technology analyzes aircraft GPS and ADS-B traffic
information relevant to the airport's runways and taxiways to
assess and alert the crew of a possible runway incursion or
collision. ROA provides visual crew-alerting system (CAS) caution
and warning annunciations on the pilot's primary flight display
(PFD) and highlights the runway yellow or red, depending on the
level of threat, on Garmin's Synthetic Vision Technology
(SVT™). It also provides similar caution and
warning annunciations on the SafeTaxi® map displayed
simultaneously on the multifunction window.
Both visual and aural alerts are provided to the flight crew
based on the potential hazard, ranging from no immediate collision
hazard to a warning level alert where a collision risk could occur
within 15 seconds. Indications and alerts to the flight crew
include: any traffic landing, taking off, stopped, or taxiing on
the aircraft's runway; traffic on approach to the aircraft's runway
or runway that crosses the aircraft's runway; as well as any
traffic on the runway at which the aircraft is holding.
ROA builds upon Garmin's other Terminal Safety Solutions that
help increase situational awareness while navigating runways and
taxiways, including Runway Overrun Awareness and Alerting System
(ROAAS), Garmin SafeTaxi and Garmin SurfaceWatch™. To
learn more about Garmin's ROA technology, visit
Garmin.com/Aviation.
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