EANA switches lightning detection provider, cuts annual cost by $600,000
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EANA terminated its contract with MARDET SRL, Earth Networks’ Argentine representative, after alleged breaches and service failures, and retained payments for the last invoices, prompting MARDET SRL to suspend the service.
The agency selected a new provider that will offer 60 days of free service and an estimated annual saving of about $600,000 compared with the previous $1.2 million paid, expanding coverage to all 57 airports in the Sistema Nacional de Aeropuertos from the earlier 26, while the service continues to use ground broadband sensors to detect lightning with location accuracy below 175‑200 m and efficiency above 90 %.