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Jan. 15, 2011 - Newsletter

To our customers

It has been 5 years since Approach Navigation Systems Inc. has issued newsletters to our many customers, sometimes in the growth and development of a company; our efforts are directed to existing and new projects which have taken us all over the globe.

In an effort to keep Canadian Airports better informed in the newest technologies available to them it is our intention to renew our newsletters on a quarterly basis.

In this newsletter we want to focus on the new PEARL (Packaged Elevated Airfield Runway Lighting) system. We currently have two of these systems installed and a third one will be completed in May of 2011. What makes this system so great? How about reduced operating costs, reduced installation costs and reduced purchase prices. The system meets the standards currently for the registered aerodromes with medium intensity and in September at SWIFT in Montreal the new Transport Canada Publication 312 (TP312) will be revealed. Based on the new criteria, which we have seen, the PEARL will qualify for certified airports as well.

The PEARL is the only LED lighting system with this capability and here is why it will replace most of the runway lighting configurations in place;

• No Isolation Transformers
• Automatic dual circuit configurations
• Power consumption reduced by as much as 85%
• Little to no maintenance
• Cost of purchase and install reduced by as much as 30%

For example, at one airport in Northern Alberta, we operate a runway of 4000 feet with approach lights at both ends and the total power consumption at a night time setting is 69 watts, that is correct, 69 watts. In other words if you leave the light in the office on by mistake, you have more than doubled the power consumption of the system. Add to this that there are no lights to burn out and each LED is guaranteed to maintain its intensity for more than ten years makes this system the future of airfield lighting for over 80% of the airports in Canada.

For more information on the PEARL, please contact us for a quotation for your facility.

Approach Navigation continues to be the leader in AWOS (Automated Weather Observation Systems) in Canada and are currently installing or have just completed new systems in Bonaventure Quebec, Manitouwadge Ontario, Mount Laurier Quebec, Ekati Diamond Mines and Suncor Firebag airport. ANS supplies different AWOS as required to fit the customer needs and thus our customers are not encouraged to use one over the other, we can supply either Vaisala, All Weather Inc or Belfort Instruments to best meet our customer requirements.

Our Roadway/Runway Weather Information Systems installed and maintained throughout the country now number over 100 systems. We maintain these networks with installation, maintenance, data collection as well as improving the camera usage to now provide 24 hours illumination of the sites.

In March 2011, the instrument approach procedures will be published for our latest ILS installation at the City of Brandon, Manitoba. ANS supplied, installed and certified the facility which included the installation of Localizer, Glidepath and DME facilities. On top of this to attain best usage of the approach procedure, ANS supplied and installed the high intensity SSALR on runway 08. This project was completed on budget, on time and to the complete satisfaction of The City of Brandon. We wish to thank all those involved at the Brandon Airport for their assistance and confidence in ANS for this project.

2011 looks to be another growth year for ANS and while we will still be involved with projects abroad, our main work this year will be in Canada. In our next newsletter, we will tell the story of how we provided two solutions to projects in the Canadian Arctic and Nigeria.

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