http://www.atc-network.com/NewsRss.aspx en-US The National Air Traffic Controllers Association is applauding President Obamas call today to upgrade our air traffic control system and use the best technologies to increase its efficiency. 2/22/2010 2:08:45 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32757/NATC-applauds-president-s-call-to-upgrade-the-ATC-system ICAOs Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP) has committed to a timetable for the development of a CO2 Standard for commercial aircraft, aiming at 2013, a milestone that would establish the first global fuel-efficiency standard for any industry sector. 2/22/2010 2:11:55 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32758/ICAO-environmental-meeting-commits-to-a-CO2-standard- On 17 February 2010 the Gulf Centre for Aviation Studies (GCAS) signed an agreement with the Joint Aviation Authorities Training Organisation (JAA TO) in Hoofddorp, The Netherlands, marking the future co-operation between the organisations which would see training to European aviation standards, offered to GCAS students. 2/22/2010 2:18:25 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32760/GCAS-signs-agreement-with-the-worlds-leader-in-Aviation-Safety-Training- On the basis of the decision of its Administrative Board dated 15 January 2010*, the SJU invited its Members, operationally involved in the SESAR Programme, to submit proposals for the selection of Associate Partner(s) of SJU Members. Associate Partners shall not have the status of members of the SESAR Joint Undertaking. 2/22/2010 5:34:01 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32767/SESAR-JU-Associate-Partners-Announcement During the summer of 2010, Avinor will put RANDIS (Avinor project name; Realtime AeroNautical Display and Information System) into operational use at Oslo ATCC with a total of 50 working positions. 2/25/2010 1:31:11 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32790/Saab-supplies-information-system-to-Oslo-ATCC 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. 2/26/2010 3:51:13 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32817/Support-to-the-definition-and-implementation-of-green-procedures-for-rotorcraft 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. 3/1/2010 3:05:31 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32834/FREQUENTIS-wins-the-triplet-with-Austro-Control Europe is seeking to strengthen aviation safety through the current proposal for a new Accident Investigation Regulation. But this unique opportunity risks being lost! 3/1/2010 4:42:03 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32835/EU-Must-Do-More-to-Prevent-Air-Accidents 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. 3/2/2010 12:23:34 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32842/TOPEX-present-at-ATC-Global--9-11-March-2010--Amsterdam 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). 3/2/2010 1:55:05 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32843/Hong-Kong-Civil-Aviation-Department-selects-UFA-s-ATTTOWER-Simulator 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). 3/3/2010 1:59:03 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32866/Metron-Aviation-Becomes-Affiliate-of-George-Mason-Universitys-Volgenau-School-of-Information-Technology-and-Engineering 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. 3/4/2010 5:10:44 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32876/Ricochet-AS-has-adapted-to-new-recommended-requirements-for-screen-recording 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). 3/4/2010 5:16:39 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32879/JMATS---UK-MOD-air-traffic-management-benefits-from-QinetiQ-expertise 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. 3/4/2010 5:48:28 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32880/NAV-Portugal-and-the-FAA-sign-an-Air-Navigation-Services-Agreement- Eurocontrol today launched it's dedicated ATC Global Blog which will showcase it's activities at next week's ATC Global Exhibition. 3/4/2010 11:02:55 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32881/Follow-Eurocontrol-s-Activities---ATC-Global-2010 During the ATC Global 2010 visitors can meet AT-One to discuss the concept of Total Airport Management and solutions for Air Traffic Management. 3/4/2010 5:58:46 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32882/Total-Airport-Management-towards-optimising-integrated-airport-operations 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. 3/4/2010 1:01:40 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32885/Quintiq-White-Paper--Coping-with-the-increasing-complexity-of-employee-planning-in-the-Air-Traffic-Control-sector 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. 3/5/2010 8:32:41 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32886/ICC-to-demonstrate-the-ATRAK--suite-of-ATC-Solutions-at-ATC-Global-2010 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. 3/8/2010 11:53:29 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32896/COMSOFT--MESANGE-Operational-at-Bordeaux COMSOFT will be demonstrating the latest developments of its ultra compact Quadrant Sensor at this years ATC Global Exhibition in Amsterdam. 3/5/2010 4:41:14 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32897/COMSOFT-to-Demonstrate-Latest-Quadrant-Product-Updates-at-ATC-Global-2010 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. 3/5/2010 4:42:08 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32898/EUROCONTROL-and-COMSOFT-Agree-on-the-Joint-Validation-of-a-New-Concept-of-ATC-Controller-Support-Tools- 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). 3/7/2010 11:53:48 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32900/Stuart-Ratcliffe-Joins-Metron-Aviations-Commercial-Products-and-Solutions-Group COMSOFT contributes sound AIXM 5 expertise and central AIM components to the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Web Services, Phase 7 (OWS-7) testbed. 3/8/2010 4:44:21 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32903/COMSOFT-Participates-in-OWS-7-AIXM-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. 3/9/2010 10:41:48 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32930/Frequentis-on-the-way-to-the-market-leadership-in-the-AIM-world-market 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. 3/9/2010 8:14:00 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32931/Era-to-Offer-New-Service-Capabilities-To-Global-ANSPs 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. 3/9/2010 11:03:05 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32932/Era-Wide-Area-System-Installed-in-the-North-Sea 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. 3/9/2010 11:06:28 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32933/13-air-navigation-service-providers-and-EUROCONTROL-sign-up-to-pens 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. 3/9/2010 11:14:01 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32934/Spain-and-Portugal-PARTNER-WITH-sita-to-MEET-2013-data-link-deadline 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. 3/9/2010 11:14:34 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32935/Saab-and-LFV-receive-award-for-remote-ATC--contributing-to-safer--more-efficient-and-environmentally-friendly-air-traffic 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. 3/9/2010 11:23:46 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32936/400t-of-CO2-saved-on-AIRE-flights- 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. 3/9/2010 11:32:38 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32937/1-400-engineers-involved-already-in-the-modernisation-of-European-sky- 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. 3/10/2010 7:21:10 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32939/Stratechs-iFerret-Wins-ATC-Global-Award-2010 EUROCONTROL received the Janes ATC Award for its Contribution to European ATM with PRISMIL (Pan-European Repository of Information Supporting Civil-Military Performance Measurements). 3/10/2010 7:26:11 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32940/EUROCONTROL-PRISMIL-receives-prestigious-Janes-ATC-Global-Award ICAO recently hosted a five-day event addressing the challenge posed by an anticipated shortage of skilled aviation professionals. 3/10/2010 7:33:22 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32941/ICAO-addresses-shortage-of-skilled-aviation-professionals 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. 3/10/2010 12:59:31 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32942/South-Africas-Air-Traffic-Flow-Management-System-Named-Winner-of-Janes-ATC-Global-Enabling-Technology-Award More than 300 ATM specialists attended the first SESAR Forum at ATC Global in Amsterdam on 9 March 2010. 3/11/2010 1:01:38 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32951/SESAR-Forum-at-ATC-Global-a-full-success 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. 3/11/2010 12:50:14 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32952/AIRE-results-revealed-at-ATC-Global 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. 3/11/2010 1:06:48 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32953/Harris-Corporation-and-Jotron-Team-to-Pursue--200-Million-Next-Gen-FAA-Radio-System-Contract Harris Corporation and Sunhillo Corporation have teamed up to develop advanced data information-exchange networks for the next generation of global air transport systems. 3/11/2010 1:14:16 AM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32954/Harris-and-Sunhillo-collaborate-to-devekop-advanced-information-exchange-networks- TOPEX, as a EUROCAE WG67 member since 2008, proved its experience in integrating VoIP in ATM industry taking part at the third phase of Air Traffic Management VoIP Plugtests events organized by ETSI in Sophia Antipolis, France. 3/12/2010 5:39:50 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32974/TOPEX-present-at-the-third-EUROCAE-ATM-VoIP-Plugtests-- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is forecasting that key airspace safety and efficiency modernization efforts will play a vital role in spurring long-term sustained growth in air travel and the nations overall economic health. This forecast, which comes after a short-term period of slow growth in aviation activity, underscores the need for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and continued investment in airport infrastructure projects. 3/12/2010 5:46:18 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32983/Forecast-Links-Aviation-Activity-and-National-Economic-Growth- NATS Services is now using Sensis Corporations Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) system in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland for helicopter flight following. Air traffic controllers are using the WAM surveillance information as a supplement to established procedural flight rules until the WAM system completes testing and regulatory approval for flight information services later this year. 3/12/2010 6:08:43 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32984/North-Sea-Helicopter-Traffic-Safety-Improves-with-Sensis-Wide-Area-Multilateration UFA, INC., a leading provider of Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation technologies, announced today that the CAAC Air Traffic Management Bureaus Tower Simulator in Shanghai, China, with the ATTower, ATView, ATRadio and ATVoice products is in operation at Pudong International Airport. 3/12/2010 6:14:46 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32986/UFAs-ATTower-Simulator-Operational-in-Shanghai--China The FAA has just published it's NEXTGEN Implementation Plan. 3/12/2010 6:29:44 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32987/FAA-publishes-NEXTGEN-Implementation-Plan Sensis Corporation unveiled the latest version of Aerobahn, its airport surface management system, at ATC Global in Amsterdam today. Aerobahn Version 5 features increased map and view customization as well as new reporting and event threshold alerting functionality that will enable airlines, airport operators and Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) to facilitate effective Collaborative Decision-Making (CDM) initiatives. As a result, users can collectively make better real-time decisions for fewer delays, reduced emissions and an improved flying experience. 3/12/2010 6:33:54 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32988/Sensis-Enriches-Industry-Leading-Aerobahn-CDM-Platform-With-New-Features TriaGnoSys has today launched Network Crossing via Translation (NeXT), the first cost-effective solution for transporting IPv6 data over IPv4 satellite links, future-proofing next generation aircraft communication services, including air traffic control applications. 3/12/2010 1:52:09 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32989/Reducing-the-cost-of-IPv6-Satellite-communications-for-the-aviation-industry Since 11 March 2010, a new airspace structure has been implemented in the Dutch-German border area. The project, called AMRUFRA (Amsterdam-Ruhr-Frankfurt), will improve the main traffic flows in the airspace between Frankfurt and Amsterdam. It includes the Amsterdam East sector, the EUROCONTROL Ruhr sector, controlled by the four-State Upper Area Control Centre (UAC) in Maastricht, and several sectors of the Langen Control Centre located near Frankfurt. 3/12/2010 6:47:14 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32990/New-Dutch-German-airspace-structure Emerging new aircraft types, such as Cruise-Efficient Short Take-Off and Landing (CESTOL) transport aircraft, have the potential to positively affect the efficiency and capacity of the NextGen Air Transportation System, according to research recently completed by Sensis Corporation and its project team. 3/12/2010 6:54:47 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32992/Sensis-Determines-New-Aircraft-Viable-in-NextGen Airservices Australia will conduct trials of remotely-operated air traffic control tower technology in Australia later this year. 3/12/2010 6:59:29 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/32993/Airservices-Australia-teams-up-with-LFV-and-Saab Abu Dhabi cements their role as AMHS pioneer of the Middle East by establishing the second international AMHS connection. 3/15/2010 3:25:32 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33004/COMSOFT-Paves-the-Way-for-First-Trilateral-AMHS-Link Unambiguous and continuous aircraft identification is an essential and basic requirement for the provision of Air Traffic Control services in the European region. To address this issue, the EUROCONTROL Provisional Council has launched the Aircraft Identification Programme, which aims to ensure that all flights have a unique identifier that is used continually across the continent by 9th February 2012. 3/15/2010 3:33:03 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33005/-Aircraft-Identification--key-to-the-provision-of-ATC-services- International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Associations (IFATCA) - the global voice of controllers - following its participation to the definition phase has now joined the SESAR Joint Undertaking by signing the contract in its development phase which will permit IFATCA to participate in the technological upgrade pillar of Single European Sky. 3/16/2010 4:03:18 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33026/IFATCA-joins-the-SESAR-Joint-Undertaking Jeppesen recently signed a five-year flight planning renewal agreement with Hainan Airlines of China, based on the airlines success with adopting Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) technology services that connect the airline to Jeppesens JetPlan flight planning engine and multiple data sources. 3/17/2010 2:25:10 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33048/Jeppesen-signs-five-year-agreement-with-China-s-Hainan-Airlines-based-on-flexibility-of-flight-planning-data-delivery-service The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will be involved in the coordination of the reconstruction of the civil aviation infrastructure of Haiti, seriously damaged by the earthquake of 12 January 2010. 3/17/2010 12:51:36 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33049/ICAO-to-assist-in-coordinating-reconstruction-of-Haitian-Air-Transport-System TriaGnoSys today announced it is heading a consortium selected by the SESAR Joint Undertaking to investigate the technologies required to support air traffic management (ATM) concepts and communications infrastructures for the next 20 years, with air traffic in Europe expected to double by 2025, according to the latest EUROCONTROL forecast. 3/17/2010 12:56:46 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33050/SESAR-selects-Triagnosys-to-head-Next-Generaration-ATM-Communications-Technology-Study UK based Systems Interface Ltd are specialists in the provision of complex airport and air traffic control systems and has selected technology leader Ricochet to deliver a dual recording system for audio sources and monitors. 3/17/2010 3:09:28 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33053/Ricochet-AS-and-Systems-Interface-awarded-Recording-solution-contract-at-Southend-Airport The 22nd annual European Aviation Safety Seminar was held in Lisbon from 15th to 17th March, with an audience of more than 200 participants. The joint annual conference, organised by the Flight Safety Foundation (FSF), the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) and EUROCONTROL is a unique forum for sharing information and best practices to improve air traffic safety. 3/19/2010 1:39:15 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33078/Annual-Safety-Seminar-promotes-best-practices-and-just-culture The latest report from the UK Airprox Board (UKAB) shows a significant overall decline in reported airprox incidents in the January-June 2009 period compared to the same months in previous years. 3/19/2010 1:47:02 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33079/Big-Reduction-in-Airprox-Incidents-in-2009 Air navigation service providers and suppliers of Voice Communication Systems (VCS), Radios and Recorders have confirmed that the VoIP protocol as defined by the EUROCAE WG67 ED documents is now the strategic direction for ATM Voice communications and this decision has been endorsed by the EUROCONTROL Com Team. This implies that all players should now dedicate resources to achieving the objective of moving towards a VoIP ground voice network. 3/19/2010 4:43:08 PM http://www.atc-network.com/News/33081/VoIP-implementation-plans-growing