Harris Corporation and Sunhillo Corporation have teamed up to develop advanced data information-exchange networks for the next generation of global air transport systems.
Harris Corporation and Jotron AS have teamed up to pursue an anticipated five-year, $200 million Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) contract for next-generation radios that will support the agency's future air/ground communications needs.
More than 300 ATM specialists attended the first SESAR Forum at ATC Global in Amsterdam on 9 March 2010.
The SESAR JU and FAA jointly announced results of the 2009 AIRE trials at ATC Global in Amsterdam on 9 March 2010. AIRE, the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions, is a joint EU-US initiative for the greening of air transport. It is the green component of the SESAR programme.
ICAO recently hosted a five-day event addressing the challenge posed by an anticipated shortage of skilled aviation professionals.
EUROCONTROL received the Janes ATC Award for its Contribution to European ATM with PRISMIL (Pan-European Repository of Information Supporting Civil-Military Performance Measurements).
Amsterdam, March 9th, 2010 - Singapore Exchange Mainboard listed Stratech Systems Limited ("Stratech") announces today that its iFerret, intelligent Airfield/Runway Surveillance and FOD (Foreign Object and Debris) Detection System, has won the Innovation Award at the ATC Global 2010 being held in Amsterdam.
The advanced Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM) system deployed by South Africas Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) has been named by Janes Airport Review as the winner of the 2010 Enabling Technology Award for contribution to enhanced capacity and safety.
Nine months after programme kick-off already 1,400 engineers at the SESAR member organisations took up the challenge and initiated 75% of the almost 300 projects equalling to €1.9 billion worth in contributions.
The SESAR Joint Undertaking (SJU) today presents at ATC Global in Amsterdam results from the European flight demonstrations performed in the framework of the Atlantic Interoperability Initiative to Reduce Emissions (AIRE), its green component.
The defence and security company Saab and the LFV Group, operating 16 airports and responsible for air navigation services in Sweden, have received an award for their joint efforts in enabling remote air traffic control. The award is from the Jane's Information Group, handed over in Amsterdam during an air traffic control convention.
SITA is partnering with the Spanish and Portuguese Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to deliver data link infrastructure for pre-operational testing in preparation for the introduction of Controller Pilot Data Link Communications (CPDLC) across the Iberian Peninsula by 2013.
Fourteen PENS (Pan European Network Service) Users - 13 key Air Navigation Service Providers and EUROCONTROL - met the initial end-February deadline for the first PENS implementation phase for which SITA was selected as Network Service Provider in October 2009.
Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. also announced today that its wide area multilateration (WAM) solution for the Dutch air navigation service provider (ANSP) Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland (LVNL) has been installed in the Netherlands North Sea area. The solution utilizes Eras MSS multilateration and ADS-B surveillance system and is supported by HITT, the prime contractor for the Project.
Frequentis, the Austrian-based leader in ATC voice communication, has acquired the business and assets of Global Weather Dynamics, Inc. (GWDI). The transaction was completed at the beginning of March 2010. Frequentis now offers its customers an even broader portfolio of aeronautical information management (AIM) products and services.
Era a.s., a subsidiary of SRA International, Inc. today announced that it will begin offering new service solutions to its air navigation service provider (ANSP) customers. The services build on SRAs long history of technology and strategic consulting services and solutions to government organizations and commercial clients, and include systems integration, cyber security and green IT solutions.
Last puzzle piece was fitted into ATC modernisation project in France. Operational cut-over turns over a new leaf in aeronautical message handling in the country.
COMSOFT contributes sound AIXM 5 expertise and central AIM components to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) testbed.
Metron Aviation announced today that Stuart Ratcliffe has joined its Commercial Products and Solutions group as Vice President of Global ATM Advisory Services. Mr. Ratcliffe has over 33 years of air traffic control and management experience. He joins Metron Aviation from South Africas Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS), where he was the Manager of the Central Airspace Management Unit (CAMU).
ICC are delighted to announce that they will be exhibiting their ATRAK ATC solutions at ATC Global 2010 held at the RAI, Amsterdam Holland from the 9th to 11th March 2010, stand D210.
The EUROCONTROL First ATC Support Tools Implementation (FASTI) Initiative is a Programme recognising a close cooperation with the ATM supply industry as being essential for its success and that of its ANSP stakeholders, to deliver benefits to airspace users in the short term. In support of this goal COMSOFT will contribute its expertise.
COMSOFT will be demonstrating the latest developments of its ultra compact Quadrant Sensor at this years ATC Global Exhibition in Amsterdam.
During the ATC Global 2010 visitors can meet AT-One to discuss the concept of Total Airport Management and solutions for Air Traffic Management.
NAV Portugal and the FAA will sign on March 9th, at the ATC Global 2010 Exhibition in Amsterdam, a cooperation agreement to establish programs and arrangements regarding the development and safety of air navigation services.
The Air Command and Control Systems (ACCS) team, part of Defence, Equipment and Support (DE&S), has the role of managing air traffic management equipment for all three forces in the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).
Already complying with ICAO requirements for radar recording, Ricochets approach to screen recording is to accurately record and replay what was displayed at each screen at any given time in order to get the complete picture.
Quintiq, a leading provider of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) solutions, today published a C-level White Paper on workforce planning in the Air Traffic Control sector.
Eurocontrol today launched it's dedicated ATC Global Blog which will showcase it's activities at next week's ATC Global Exhibition.
Metron Aviation, a leading provider of global aviation services and solutions, has entered into a new partnership with George Mason Universitys Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering, located in Fairfax, Virginia. This partnership provides opportunities for collaboration with faculty and students, professional development of Metron staff and development of future global aviation products. As an affiliate, with a permanent office on campus, Metron Aviation strengthens already-existing relationships with George Mason Universitys academic departments, as well as with leading research centers like the Center for Air Transportation Systems Research (CATSR).
UFA, INC., a leading provider of Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation technologies, announced today that the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department has selected the ATTower, ATView, ATRadio and ATVoice products for Control Tower Simulation at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).
For the sixth consecutive year TOPEX will exhibit between 9th and 11th of March at the worlds largest event for the air traffic control and management industry, ATC Global Amsterdam, commonly known as the global meeting place for the ATM/AIS community, where its IP-VCS solution for ATC Communications will be presented.
Europe is seeking to strengthen aviation safety through the current proposal for a new Accident Investigation Regulation. But this unique opportunity risks being lost!
Frequentis, the global market leader in voice communication systems for air traffic control, has won a contract to supply its VCS 3020X Rel. 4.1 to the TWR/APP facilities at Klagenfurt, Innsbruck and Salzburg.
Elaborating and implementing eco-friendly initiatives and research programmes has never been so high on the agenda of the aviation industry stakeholders. Working towards greener skies, the European Commission has created jointly with the aviation industry the CleanSky Joint Undertaking to develop technologies aiming to mitigate the impact of air transport on the environment.