Air traffic controllers are hopeful of having a greater voice and input in how the air traffic control system is modernized in the Obama Administration. First on the list of improvements to make is to renovate a flawed key technological component of the FAAs NextGen system the ATOP system.

EUROCONTROL has just finalised a three-year plan to organise European route network and airspace in a more efficient manner so as to save fuel and reduce emissions.

Today at the European Aviation Summit on sustainability, the SESAR Joint Undertaking formally announced the commitment of seventeen industry partners to testing novel, green flight procedures under real conditions.

EUROCONTROL Member States have taken vital decisions concerning the modernisation of the Agencys governance arrangements which will have a major impact on the delivery of Air Navigation Services across Europe.

UFA, Inc., announced today that after an open competition, Arvidsjaur Municipality in Sweden has selected UFAs Air Traffic Tower and Radar training simulator for the Lappland Aviation Academy (LAA).

In October 2008 Helios ran a new one-day training course: SES & SESAR Explained.

The nations air traffic controllers and aviation safety professionals, represented by NATCA, are joining today in the exuberant celebration of the historic election of Barack Obama and extend their congratulations to him on this special day of restored hope for the United States of America.

The Lockheed Martin team developing the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, has successfully completed on-schedule an Integrated Baseline Review (IBR) with the U.S. Air Force, an important program milestone that precedes the Preliminary Design Review.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Robert Sturgell today announced that the agency has signed a $9 million agreement with two companies to accelerate the testing and installation of NextGen technology.

From 29 to 31 October the European ATM Tracker and Server (ARTAS) User Group (AUG) met for the 33rd time. COMSOFT presented the new AWA (ARTAS for WAM and ADS-C) development.

After several years of Air Traffic Control staff shortages, the situation is still the same.

Rockwell Collins has been selected to provide the SMART Blade Radio to upgrade the U.S. Air Force worldwide air traffic control (ATC) radio communication network.

Belgocontrol has been accredited by the Belgian Civil Aviation Authority to organise tests proving the operational knowledge of the English language in civil aviation.

EUROCONTROL and ACI EUROPE signed a wide-ranging cooperative agreement, which commits the two organisations to joint action to enhance the capacity of airport infrastructure across Europe.

Ubitech has signed a contract to implement an ATS Message Handling System (AMHS) and Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) system for the Instituto Dominicano de Aviacion Civil (IDAC) in the Dominican Republic.

COMSOFT's advanced radar supervision system tailored for the UK has accomplished reliable operations for 10 years.

NATS, the UKs leading provider of air traffic services, is planning to cut in half the amount of CO2 emitted by aircraft waiting to land at the UKs busiest airports.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA), a provider of essential information solutions, announced today it has received over $10 million USD of contract amendments from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the Instrument Procedure Development System (IPDS).

EUROCONTROL has awarded to a consortium led by SELEX Sistemi Integrati a contract for validating common user requirements for early implementation of new controller tools in Southern Europe.

Geographic information system (GIS) industry leader ESRI has been awarded a multiyear enterprise license arrangement (ELA) from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) through a Blanket Purchase Agreement under the GSA Schedule 70.

Air France, Air One and Volkswagen, three of the 18 aircraft operators participating in EUROCONTROLs ADS-B Pioneer Airlines project, have become the worlds first airlines to obtain EASAs approval to use ADS-B in airspace not covered by radar.

SELEX Sistemi Integrati, a Finmeccanica company, has been awarded a 4,5 million Euro contract by the Royal Thai Navy RTN for the supply of an air traffic control system.

The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations (IFATCA) was founded through an abiding passion for air traffic control that continues to exist in the hearts and minds of all air traffic controllers.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today awarded a contract to Sensis Corp. of Syracuse, N.Y. to install runway status lights at 22 major U.S. airports. Runway status lights are designed to improve runway safety at busy airports by warning pilots when it is unsafe to cross or enter a runway.

The Single Sky Committee has voted to adopt an implementing rule, drafted by EUROCONTROL that will see full-scale implementation of data-link services across Europe by 2015.