Airfield Controls & Communications

Integrated visibility and control across critical airfield systems

Midland Airfield Systems provides integrated control, monitoring, automation, and communications systems for military airfields, civil airports, and government aviation facilities.

We connect field equipment, electrical systems, operator interfaces, alarms, and communications infrastructure into coordinated platforms that improve system visibility, operational control, fault response, and long-term maintainability.

From airfield lighting controls and PLC/SCADA systems to fiber networks, remote monitoring, and equipment-status reporting, Midland supports the technology required to manage mission-critical airfield infrastructure.

Airfield Lighting Control and Monitoring

Airfield lighting systems require dependable control, clear status information, and rapid identification of abnormal conditions.

Midland supports:

  • Airfield Lighting Control and Monitoring Systems (ALCMS)
  • Runway and taxiway lighting controls
  • Constant current regulator (CCR) interfaces
  • Lighting-intensity selection and circuit control
  • Tower, vault, and maintenance control stations
  • Equipment-status indication
  • Circuit-fault and alarm monitoring
  • Remote monitoring interfaces for Visual Guidance Lighting Systems: PAPI, REIL, MALSR and ALSF-2
  • Modernization of aging or obsolete control systems

PLC and SCADA Systems

We provide automation platforms that connect airfield equipment and infrastructure through coordinated control and monitoring environments.

Capabilities include:

  • Programmable logic controllers
  • SCADA system integration
  • Human-machine interfaces
  • Remote I/O and application-specific field interfaces
  • Equipment sequencing and interlocks
  • Status, alarm, and event monitoring
  • Data logging and operational histories
  • Setpoint and operating-mode management
  • Control-panel design and modernization
  • Migration from obsolete control platforms

Industrial Communications

Reliable communications are essential for connecting field equipment, electrical vaults, control stations, and maintenance personnel.

Midland supports:

  • Fiber-optic communication networks
  • Industrial Ethernet
  • Managed network switches
  • Copper and serial communication circuits
  • Remote equipment communications
  • Field-network cabinets and enclosures
  • Media converters, serial-to-IP gateways and fiber transport
  • Network segmentation
  • Redundant communication paths
  • Communication-system testing and troubleshooting

Integrated with Airfield Electrical Systems

Controls and communications must be coordinated with the electrical systems they operate.

Midland integrates control platforms with:

Where standard PLC or commercial I/O hardware cannot satisfy an interface, packaging or environmental requirement, our Embedded Controls & Custom Electronics group develops application-specific electronics as part of the same system.

Applicable standards. FAA AC 150/5340-30 · AC 150/5345-56B (L-890 ALCMS) · UFC 3-535-01 · FAA JO 6000.53 (RMMC).

  • Runway and taxiway lighting
  • Constant-current regulators
  • Electrical vault equipment
  • Backup-power systems
  • Aircraft arresting-system controls
  • Grounding and lightning-protection systems
  • Field alarms and safety interlocks
  • Supporting civil and underground infrastructure
CONNECTED AIRFIELD SYSTEMS

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From the control room to the airfield.

Midland integrates automation, communications, monitoring, and field controls into coordinated systems that provide dependable visibility and control across critical airfield infrastructure.