ATM Modernization

Can One ATM Tower Remotely Manage Multiple Airports?

Testing for SESAR 2020 indicates that a single remote tower with updated displays and tools can manage multiple airports. The simulations, which were conducted by Frequentis AG, HungaroControl, the German Aerospace Center…

ATM Modernization

SESAR Exploring Augmented-Reality Tech to Aid ATM

RETINA: Resilient Synthetic Vision for Advanced Control Tower Air Navigation Service Provision. The letters don't quite line up, but that is what Single European Sky ATM Research is calling its latest research…

ATM Modernization

Northrop Grumman Providing ATM Solutions for Denmark

Northrop Grumman will replace Denmark’s ground-to-air radios. Acting through the company’s U.K.-based Park Air Systems subsidiary, the company was awarded a contract by Denmark’s air navigation service provider, NAVIAIR. For the project,…

ATM Modernization

DFS Takes ATM Remote with Frequentis Virtual Tower

The new Frequentis AG remote virtual tower will use infrared and digital cameras to help digitize air traffic control at West Germany’s Saarbrücken Airport. The Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS), the company that runs…

Embedded Avionics

3 Things We Learned at Aviation Electronics Europe 2017

With a total of 50 exhibitors, seven panel discussions, four workshops and two certified training courses on DO-178C and DO-254, Europe’s biggest avionics industry event, Aviation Electronics Europe 2017, concluded Wednesday. While it…