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Jamaica reinforces its Costal Surveillance with Thales’s high technology
In order to tackle and significantly lower smuggling and other criminal activities in Jamaica, the government is implementing the Maritime Domain Awareness Capability Initiative, a far reaching programme aimed reducing the proliferation of maritime threats. A key component of this initiative is the implementation of a national coastal surveillance system operated by the Jamaica Defence Force. In order to fulfil this big ambition, Jamaica is relying on Thales for the supply of coastal surveillance system built around the Coast Watcher 100 radar.
For three days, Madrid was the Capital of Global Air Traffic Management
The seventh annual World ATM Congress, held at Feria de Madrid, concluded on Thursday, 14 March. The world’s largest air traffic management (ATM) event attracted a record-breaking 9,573 registrants and 253 exhibitors from 135 countries and territories. - Pedro Saura García, Spain’s Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing and ENAIRe President, opened the three-day Congress. The World ATM Congress Conference Programme featured keynote speakers Henrik Hololei, Director-General for Mobility and Transport at the European Commission, Sara De La Rosa, Interagency …
World ATM Congress 2019: ATRiCS Wrap Up
It's been extremely busy on the ATRiCS booth during the last three days. ATRiCS has had a great show and World ATM Congress has for another year proven to be the prime event of the ATM industry. This year‘s congress has again seen a significant increase in visitors. Delegations from many different air navigation service providers and airports, existing customers and new faces, have come to see us and were given demonstrations of the ATRiCS TowerPad® as well as of our departure management system.
Lockheed Martin Develops World-First LTE-Over-Satellite System
New mobility tech connects first responders and disaster victims during emergencies - Lockheed Martin has developed a new LTE-over-Satellite system designed to provide connectivity to remote regions, including areas without cellphone coverage, boats off-shore, or during natural disasters like hurricanes, wildfires, earthquakes, catastrophic floods or volcanoes. New hotspots connect existing phones to satellites for reliable 4G connections. “When disaster strikes, cell phone networks often go down – whether because of the event or because of the sheer volume of traffic,” …
Raytheon, Frequentis team to modernize airport operations with remote virtual tower technology in U.S.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has signed a teaming agreement with Frequentis, an air traffic communications and data solutions provider, to modernize civil airport operations in the United States using remote virtual tower technology. Supporting civil airports of all sizes and complexity, RVTs provide an affordable alternative to costly brick and mortar towers by utilizing video-based air traffic services. "These tower systems could significantly increase the safety and efficiency of airport operations in locations that either don't have towers today or have towers that …
Improving Cockpit Awareness of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Near Airports
A method to display active LAANC/UTM airspace to manned aircraft pilot - In recognition of the increasing risk of operating in shared airspace near airports, the Aviators Code Initiative has released a working paper titled Improving Cockpit Awareness of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Near Airports. The paper describes a method to provide pilots of manned aircraft with enhanced awareness of nearby sUAS in certain kinds of airspace. This paper is available for review here: http://www.secureav.com/UAS-Awareness-Listings-Page.
- IFATCA recognised with Single European Sky Excellence Award
- GAL ANS and ATRiCS team up to provide world-leading systems and services for the ATM industry
- World ATM Congress Addresses key Air Traffic Management Challenges
- More safety in air traffic: R&S AQUA from Rohde & Schwarz ensures voice service quality
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