Australia has made a major investment in installing and implementing an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) network with near nationwide reach to address a lack of radar coverage over much of the continent. We polled Airservices Australia’s Amanda Palmer, media and public affairs advisor, about the new Upper Airspace Program. BCA: What was Australia’s investment in its ADS-B network (i.e., roughly, how much did it cost)?
While the rest of the world struggles amid the global financial crisis, Australia’s economy is resurgent, thanks primarily to a healthy minerals trade with China.