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An airport runway incursion warning system for monitoring air and ground traffic at an airport. The system is optimally used with an aircraft that has an electronic tag or interrogation system that stores identification information regarding the aircraft, and an RF transponder for receiving interrog

An airport runway incursion warning system for monitoring air and ground traffic at an airport. The system is optimally used with an aircraft that has an electronic tag or interrogation system that stores identification information regarding the aircraft, and an RF transponder for receiving interrogation signals and for transmitting the identification information in response thereto. A radar system comprises a plurality of radar sensor units disposed at predetermined installation sites adjacent to a runway. Each radar sensor unit typically has an interface processor and telemetry electronics for communication, although hard-wired communication paths may be used. An RF/telemetry interface is provided for communicating with the radar sensor units when the interface processor and telemetry electronics are used. The RF/telemetry interface is also used to transmit the interrogation signals to the aircraft and receive the identification information therefrom. A central processing unit is coupled to the radar sensor units for receiving and integrating radar data produced by each the radar sensor units to produce a map of the runway that identifies authorization objects and aircraft that do not constitute intrusion threats, and intruding objects that do constitute intrusion threats to the runway. The central processing unit is optionally coupled to the RF/telemetry interface for transmitting signals to and from the aircraft, and in this case, the central processing unit processes identification information received from the aircraft to integrate the identification information into to generate a displayed image. An operator display is coupled to the central processing unit for displaying the map and identification information generated thereby for use by an operator.

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An airport runway incursion warning system for monitoring air and ground traffic in the vicinity of a runway of an airport, said system comprising: a radar system comprising of a plurality of radar sensor units disposed at predetermined installation sites adjacent to the runway and wherein the plura

An airport runway incursion warning system for monitoring air and ground traffic in the vicinity of a runway of an airport, said system comprising: a radar system comprising of a plurality of radar sensor units disposed at predetermined installation sites adjacent to the runway and wherein the plurality of radar sensor units generate substantially overlapping radar beams that illuminate the runway; a central processing unit coupled to the plurality of radar sensor units, for receiving radar data produced by the plurality of radar sensor units, and for processing the radar data to produce a map of the runway that identify objects and aircraft in the vicinity thereof, wherein each radar sensor unit is coupled to an interface processor for processing radar data generated by the radar sensor unit, wherein each interface processor is coupled to RF telemetry electronics for transmitting the radar data to the central processing unit and wherein the central processing unit is coupled to an RF/telemetry interface for receiving the radar data transmitted from the radar sensor unit by the RF telemetry electronics; an operator display coupled to the central processing unit for displaying the map of the runway, objects and aircraft generated by the central processing unit; and wherein the aircraft comprises an electronic tag that stores identification information regarding the aircraft, and comprises an RF transponder coupled to the electronic tag for receiving interrogation signals generated by the central processing unit and for transmitting the identification information in response to the interrogation signals; the interrogation signals generated by the central processing unit are transmitted to the aircraft by way of the RF/telemetry interface, and the identification information is received from the RF transponder by way of the RF/telemetry interface and wherein the central processing unit generates signals for display on the operator display that identifies the aircraft; and wherein the central processing unit produces data for display that includes priority alert information indicating aircraft that are runway incursions, a list of arriving and departing arriving and departing aircraft, and displays that show landing and take-off patterns of arriving and departing aircraft.