Title
Vaisala, Inc.
Description
For $17,158.80 in payment authority for the purchase of upgraded equipment for the Lightning Detection System (LDS) at Phoenix Sky Harbor International, Deer Valley and Goodyear airports, for the Aviation Department. The existing lightning equipment detectors are obsolete and difficult to maintain. The LDS provides real time data of cloud to ground lightning within 15 miles of the airports. The LDS disseminates alerts to airport operations and airline staff in order to provide life safety decisions when lightning strikes are causing operations on airport ramps to be unsafe.