AI & AutonomyNew AI Sytem Offers Potential Air Traffic Management Solutions A new artificial intelligence technology created at Mälardalens University (MDU) in Sweden is promising to help air traffic controllers by calculating delay lengths and predicting various interruptions. This system, in addition to…
ATM ModernizationPower Outage Disrupts Flight Operations in the Philippines Returning demand for air travel combined with the busy holiday season has led to millions of travelers across the world to return to the skies as they traveled to visit family and…
CommercialWeather, Air Traffic Control Issues Cause Flight Disruptions in Florida and Colorado Commercial air travel has seen plenty of disruptions over the past few weeks. High passenger volumes and inclement weather have caused delays and cancellations across the country, and both of these factors…
ATM Modernization4-FLIGHT Air Traffic Control System Implemented in France Thales and the French air navigation service provider, DSNA, have unveiled the successful implementation of the next-generation air traffic control system, called 4-Flight. It is a stripless air traffic control system for…
ATM ModernizationEUROCONTROL Publishes Think Paper on Air Traffic Controller Mobility Air traffic controllers are soon likely to get the same convenience as remote workers since Eurocontrol, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation, sees remote air traffic control as a…
AI & AutonomyKongsberg Geospatial Advances Solutions for Airspace Monitoring and Managing Unmanned Traffic Kongsberg Geospatial, based in Canada, develops software for geospatial visualization and situational awareness that is used for air traffic control and air defense applications. One of Kongsberg's products is IRIS UxS, an…
ATM ModernizationCloud-Based Flight Management Systems for Next Generation Aircraft GE Aviation, SmartSky Networks, and Mosaic ATM have been working together since January to connect cloud-based flight management systems (FMS) with airborne FMS. At the Connected Aviation Intelligence Summit last week, representatives…
ATM ModernizationNokia, Sirti to Deploy ENET-2 Upgrade for Italy’s Air Traffic Network ENAV, the air navigation service provider (ANSP) for Italy’s air traffic control (ATC) system has established a new partnership where telecommunications company Nokia and cloud data networking provider Sirti will install internet…
ATM ModernizationGermany to Launch Remote Airport Operations in January Germany’s first landing and take off of airplanes monitored remotely by air traffic controllers occurred at Saarbrücken Airport on Dec. 4. Both aircraft, a Luxair Bombardier DHC 8400 arriving from Luxembourg and a…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Adding Automated Approach Verification to Airports in the NAS Raytheon is leveraging its air traffic control technology, the standard terminal automation replacement system (STARS), to prevent situations like last year's Air Canada Flight 759 near-miss at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) that almost…