EUROCONTROL, the European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation, through its Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC), and the Founding Members of the iTEC Collaboration, some of Europe’s largest ANSP’s, on Wednesday 7 March signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop components that will enable interoperability between their respective Air Traffic Management systems and help deliver a …

NATS and Searidge Technologies are to launch a UK-based digital tower research and development programme designed to improve efficiency, weather resilience and contingency operations at the world’s busiest airports. The programme will centre on a brand-new state-of-the-art digital tower research laboratory located at Heathrow Airport control tower. The system will comprise of two controller positions with a newly developed, highly …

HENSOLDT and Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), two leading air traffic radar innovators, announced today that the companies are teaming to jointly develop and market new air traffic control radars.  Together, the partners are aiming at opportunities such as: approach control of civil airports air traffic control air space surveillance and identification of aircraft according to the newest standards Mode S and …

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and BULATSA, the Bulgarian Air Navigation Service Provider, have agreed to develop and implement a Bulgarian National Airspace Strategy. BULATSA and IATA will strengthen their existing cooperation for this initiative, which is aimed at delivering benefits to the travelling public, while supporting national economic growth and the competitiveness of the Bulgarian aviation sector. Passenger …

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s U.K.-based air traffic management (ATM) subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has been awarded a contract by NAVIAIR, the Danish air navigation service provider, to replace the existing ground-to-air communication equipment for Denmark’s airports and en-route operations. The replacement will introduce the new Park Air T6 radio from the Sapphire range, with 8.33 kHz voice channel spacing and VoIP …

SITA is providing wireless connectivity on the ground to Air Mauritius’ new fleet of Airbus A350 aircraft, keeping the new-generation aircraft connected to the vital back-end systems no matter where they fly. In October 2017, Air Mauritius introduced the first two new-generation Airbus A350 aircraft with a further four expected to join the fleet over the next few years. The …

Papua New Guinea’s National Airport Corporation has selected SITA AirportHub to boost connectivity at Port Moresby Jackson’s International Airport. SITA AirportHub is an airport-wide shared connectivity platform that enables Port Moresby airport to provide airlines, ground handlers and other tenants with secure and reliable bandwidth, including wireless connectivity to access off-airport applications. The system is currently operational at more than …

uAvionix Corporation announced that it has successfully completed testing of the Vektor Airport Ground Vehicle ADS-B transceiver at Sydney’s Kingsford Smith International Airport. The tests were conducted in coordination with uAvionix Australia, the Sydney Airport Corporation Limited, and Airservices Australia.  The tests were necessary to confirm that Vektor conforms to the pulse and spectral requirements for ground vehicle transponders.  Airservices Australia …

NATS has won the contract to continue providing air traffic management and engineering services to London Luton Airport for five years from this November, it was announced on 22 January. The contract, which was won following an open and competitive tender process, will see NATS controllers in the tower until at least 2023, with the option to extend that for …

Further enhancing aviation safety and efficiency in Brazil’s airspace, air navigation service provider, the Department of Airspace Control (DECEA), is working with SITAONAIR to expand ATS datalink services for main airports in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Following previous successful datalink installations, DECEA is expanding ATS datalink services for departure clearance (DCL) and digital ATIS (d-ATIS) for control towers …