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Take the first step to better braking performance
Take the first step to better braking performance
Take the first step to better braking performance
ABARBNET™
A runway uptime platform to optimize airside performance
At AST, our mission is to keep airport operations flying with the highest levels of performance, cost-efficiency, and safety.
The ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform delivers objective, data-based, actionable insight about runway conditions and braking friction, along with AI-powered Friction Forecasting that gives you a crystal ball into future runway conditions and how best to respond to incoming inclement weather.
Together, this data-based reporting – about the present and the future – empowers airports, airlines, and pilots to make smarter decisions on the ground and in the air.
Our real-time reports:
Leverage a distribution network that gets smarter with every new ABAR, hard-brake landing, and friction forecast*
Are instantly distributed to airports, airlines, pilots on approach, towers, and other stakeholders
Work with any aircraft model
Comply with FAA and Transport Canada directives as well as ASTM International standards
Are issued for 7,000 landings per day
Are cloud-based (a simple subscription) and available in any format
Are easily adaptable into existing airport SOPs for a smooth addition to your airside operations
Leverage a self-learning network that gets smarter with every new landing report
Leverage a self-learning network that gets smarter with every new landing report
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Our 24M+ landings database – with 7,000+ landings added every day – never stops growing.
Science, not subjectivity
Using cutting-edge data science, AI, and machine learning, our ABARs, hard-brake landing reports, and friction forecasts can help improve runway uptime and streamline airside operations.
Braking friction reports
Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!
Braking friction reports
Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!
Braking friction reports
Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!
Braking friction reports
Airports, airlines, pilots on approach, and other stakeholders get real-time Aircraft Braking Action Reports (ABARs) confirming the actual braking friction experienced by landing aircraft. Our FAA-recommended ABARs pinpoint how much rain, snow, ice, rubber, or other contaminants are eroding the braking friction that pilots count on, a dangerous risk to deceleration that can lead to a runway excursion. Pilots on approach know exactly what to expect!
Hard-brake landings
Hard-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a comfortable touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of hard-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the impact of contamination and take corrective measures as needed.
Hard-brake landings
Hard-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a comfortable touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of hard-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the impact of contamination and take corrective measures as needed.
Hard-brake landings
Hard-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a comfortable touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of hard-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the impact of contamination and take corrective measures as needed.
Hard-brake landings
Hard-brake landings are when an aircraft requires a more extreme use of braking friction than is typical in a comfortable touchdown. They are often the sign of a wet or otherwise degraded surface, where pilots need extra deceleration to shorten the landing roll. AST identifies and provides detailed analysis of hard-brake landings on your runways – when, where, and why – so you can confirm the impact of contamination and take corrective measures as needed.
Friction forecasting
Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.
Friction forecasting
Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.
Friction forecasting
Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.
Friction forecasting
Friction forecasting uses AI and machine learning to predict available runway braking friction in the future – a forecast that can optimize how your runway crews prepare for incoming inclement weather. We match existing ABAR measurements with historical weather reports, confirming how your runways have performed under specific weather events and contaminant scenarios. Using this historical analysis, ABARnet then predicts how to best prepare for and manage your runways when the next storm hits.
Our roots
The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”
Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.
The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”
Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.
The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”
Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.
The seeds of our technology reach back to 2007, when the NTSB, in response to continuing runway excursions at U.S. airports, recommended that the FAA should demonstrate the technical feasibility of outfitting airplanes with equipment required to calculate, record, and convey the braking ability “required and/or available to slow or stop the airplane during the landing roll.”
Our cloud-based ABARnet™ Runway Uptime Platform is now recognized as a leading science-based solution in the industry.
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Aviation Safety Technologies (AST) is a portfolio business of the Chicago-based Dillon Kane Group (DKG).
DKG is a privately-held group of affiliated companies that builds and optimizes technology-based businesses across diverse industries. We formed AST to help the aviation industry tackle one of its longstanding challenges – reducing the risks and probabilities of runway excursions.
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How our ABARs optimize runway maintenance and uptime
Use approved data directly from aircraft
Comply with industry standards
Available through global cloud-based network
Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.
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Why ABARs are an FAA imperative
Use approved data directly from aircraft
Comply with industry standards
Available through global cloud-based network
Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.
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Get on board with precise reports
summary
How our ABARs optimize runway maintenance and uptime
Use approved data directly from aircraft
Comply with industry standards
Available through global cloud-based network
Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.
Radar-based products miss the mark
let's CONNECT
Get on board with precise reports
summary
How our ABARs optimize runway maintenance and uptime
Use approved data directly from aircraft
Comply with industry standards
Available through global cloud-based network
Available for any aircraft type - Boeing, Airbus. etc.
Radar-based products miss the mark
let's CONNECT
