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March 6th, 2012
Lockheed Martin WindTracer Selected for Thailand International Airport Wind Shear Alerting System

The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) will install a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] WindTracer® Doppler lidar system at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport as part of its Integrated Windshear Alerting System. Suvarnabhumi is the sixth busiest airport in Asia, having handled 47.9 million passengers in 2011. Severe weather events in airport terminal areas, especially wind shear, microbursts and gust fronts, represent great hazards for aviation. Once operational, the Integrated Windshear Alerting System will generate alerts and provide displays of weather information for TMD forecasters and meteorologists. Read More