A scoping study from consultants Ekos, setting out why Inverness should be the preferred location, has been accepted, in principle, by the Highlands and Islands Airports authority (HIAL). The project, first announced in January 2018, will change […]
Virginia’s Leesburg Executive Airport is to recommence testing its remote air traffic control system in June for a 30-day period. Phase 3a of the programme is set to begin June 25 and will involve off-site […]
Norwegian air service provider AVINOR with Indra and its Norwegian subsidiary, Indra Navia as technology provider, have successfully completed the first test in a series of validations within SESAR 2020 programme to simultaneously manage traffic in […]
New research has found that airports are ill-equipped to deal with a major cyber attack and that remote tower technology could represent a major vulnerability. The PA Consulting Group report, ‘Overcome the Silent Threat’, blames […]
Invercargill Airport will be the first airport in New Zealand to have its air traffic control tower replaced with a digital system operated from a remote location. Airways New Zealand, issuing a Request for Proposal […]
Lithuanian air navigation service provider Oro Navigacija (ON), DLR and Frequentis last month performed a validation exercise for multiple remote tower to test the concept’s operational feasibility. The SESAR 2020 project PJ05 ‘Remote Tower for […]
Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions has been selected by Scandinavian Mountains Airport to both install and operate digital tower technology at what is the world’s first airport to be built without a traditional tower. The contract includes […]
Estonia’s EANS together with contractor Cybernetica have developed a remote tower at Tartu airport. Validation and testing has now started which will focus on the audio-video system, human factors and the acceptance of the new […]
The UK-based air traffic services provider NATS has signed an agreement with its Hungarian counterpart HungaroControl to collaborate on digital tower projects around the world. The framework agreement brings together two of the world’s leading […]
Remote tower technology is to be at the heart of Italian ENAV’s five-year, €650 million plan to future-proof its business. The plan which was this week signed off by ENAV chiefs is designed to provide […]
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