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The
Air France Concorde disaster in 2000 that led to the eventual grounding
of Concorde was caused by a 16 inch piece of metal on the runway.
Since then there has been a need for a device to detect foreign object
debris on airport runways. Purpose built radars such as Tarsier, made
by QinetiQ consist of a mmw radars that gather data from different
locations around the airfield. The radar gives an update on the debris
between every take off; approximately once a minute. The Tarsier system
has been trialled and sold to many airports including, Vancouver,
Dubai and Heathrow.
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