CORTEX Surface an SMAS Solution

CORTEX Surface Every movement on the ground — seen, understood, protected. Small and mid-sized airports carry the same safety expectations as the world's largest hubs, but with leaner teams, tighter budgets and less room for error. Until now, full situational awareness meant a full A-SMGCS programme — and a price tag to match. CORTEX Surface changes that. ADB SAFEGATE's Surface Movement Awareness System delivers a live, trustworthy picture of your airfield using ADS-B surveillance, aligned with the EUROCONTROL SMAS specification and designed to be deployed in phases you control. No sprawling sensor network. No specialist workstations. Just clarity, from day one. Why airports choose CORTEX Surface See everything, in real time. Identification, position and speed for every transponder-equipped aircraft and vehicle in your coverage volume — with record and playback for investigation, training and continuous improvement. Protect lives and assets. Automated safety nets watch the runway when attention is stretched: conflict alerting, wrong-runway and closed-area incursions, conformance monitoring, speed and restricted-area warnings. Keep operating when the weather doesn't cooperate. Low visibility no longer means reduced throughput — controllers keep the full picture, whatever the conditions. Turn movements into revenue. Surveillance timestamps automatically generate accurate arrival, on-block, off-block and departure data for airline billing and airport utilization reporting — no manual logging, no disputes. Empower every team, not just the tower. A browser-based HMI puts the same picture in front of controllers and maintenance crews, with no client software to install or maintain. Start where it makes sense, grow when you're ready. A modular building block of the CORTEX Suite that runs directly on your existing CORTEX ALCMS infrastructure, or as a complete standalone solution. Safety you can see. Efficiency you can measure. A platform that grows with you. Discover how CORTEX Surface is setting a new standard for airport ground operations — making every movement smarter, safer and more connected.