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AIRPORT SURFACE DETECTION EQUIPMENT (ASDE).

AIRPORT SURFACE DETECTION EQUIPMENT (ASDE)

- Surveillance equipment specifically designed to detect aircraft, vehicular traffic, and other objects, on the surface of an airport, and to present the image on a tower display. Used to augment visual observation by tower personnel of aircraft and/or vehicular movements on runways and taxiways. There are three ASDE systems deployed in the NAS: