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SafeNav™ POWERED BY GARMIN™

SafeNav™ is an on-vehicle GPS-based navigation and alert system designed to provide airport vehicle operators with real-time situational awareness — regardless of external conditions — to help mitigate dangerous runway incursions. I.D. Systems and Garmin teamed together to introduce this innovative product in response to the airport safety priorities of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The NTSB has placed runway incursions on its “Most Wanted” list of transportation safety improvements, and the FAA emphasizes that special attention should be given to airside vehicle operations during low visibility conditions, such as rain, snow, and fog, which may obscure airport markings and diminish vehicle operators’ situational awareness. SafeNav™ not only aids experienced drivers at night and during periods of low visibility, it also serves as a critical safety tool for new or transient vehicle operators who are unfamiliar with an airport’s taxiways and runways.

SafeNav™ features:

• Built-in “moving maps” of hundreds of U.S. airports — based on the airport diagrams used by aircraft equipped with Garmin’s SafeTaxi® system
• Real-time tracking of vehicle location on the airport via a 4.3-inch, wide-format, touchscreen color display
• Built-in geo-fencing algorithms to define airport runways
• Risk-weighted color coding and automatic audible alarming to alert airport vehicle operators visually and aurally to potential runway incursions

SafeNav™ is available both as a standalone safety device and as a complementary extension of I.D. Systems patented AvRamp® wireless Vehicle Management System, which provides a wide range of airport vehicle safety, security, and operational functions. Together, SafeNav™ and AvRamp® support many of the FAA’s “Best Practices for Airfield Safety”.

For more information on SafeNav™, read the brochure.