Last week was the 10th SESAR innovation days which showcased scientific excellence in air traffic management. The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the need to move ahead with the digital transformation of air traffic management in Europe, to incorporate and strengthen resilience, scalability and sustainability into the system.
The aim of the 2020 event was to showcase results from European exploratory research and to discuss how to advance promising concepts towards industrial research within the SESAR innovation pipeline.
The concepts presented reflect Europe’s vision to make its airspace the most efficient and environmentally friendly sky to fly in the world, and will contribute to the long-term sustainability of the aviation industry and its recovery from the COVID crisis.
The full program, including all papers and video recordings of the sessions, are now available online (alongside previous editions of SESAR innovation days) and we urge you to check them out. This is a lot of innovative material from all corners of the industry and a great way to network - let us know your thoughts!
ANSP news
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NAV CANADA announces additional workforce change - NAV CANADA announced the continuation of its restructuring efforts which will impact approximately 180 jobs across the country, including layoffs of operational and technology staff.
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Significant decline in air traffic in November - Avinor - Just over 900,000 passengers traveled over Avinor's airports in November - a decrease of 77.7 percent compared with 2019. The decrease in the number of aircraft movements was 36 per cent.
Airports news
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Swedavia secures loan from Nordic Investment Bank - Airport World - Swedish airport operator, Swedavia, has secured a €49 million loan from the Nordic Investment Bank to help it through COVID-19.
Market news
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ATRiCS acquires contract for Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport together with local distribution partner AKBA Technology & Defence Industry Inc. - ATRiCS has been awarded the contract to introduce TowerPad® as the new airfield lighting panel for Sabiha Gökçen International Airport in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Adacel Receives New Order from Existing Customer; Backlog for FY2021 Approximately 95% of Budgeted Revenues - Adacel has received an additional order valued at over USD $2.7 million from an existing customer.
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Belgrade Airport selects Rohde & Schwarz R&D ARDRONIS counter drone system - Unmanned airspace - Belgrade Nikola Tesla airport has purchased and put into operation an R&S ARDRONIS counter drone system from Rohde & Schwarz.
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ATCA2020: Rohde & Schwarz delivers IP-based ATC communications to Thailand - Rohde & Schwarz has been awarded a contract by Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI) to deliver voice over IP (VoIP) capable air traffic control (ATC) communications and a remote monitoring and control solution (RCMS) from its CERTIUM portfolio.
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ATRiCS successfully completes ATCO training on TowerPad® for AUH - In a four days train-the-trainer course for controllers from Abu Dhabi airport carried out in Dubai this week ATRiCS has received an overwhelmingly positive feedback on its TowerPad system.
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iBiz captures FAA contract for transoceanic air traffic control development - The Federal Aviation Administration has tapped DigitaliBiz for support services to the agency's En Route and Oceanic Integration and Interoperability Facilities.
Context information
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New EUROCONTROL “Civil-Military CNS Interoperability Roadmap”: A key tool to ensure tomorrow’s ATM infrastructure is interoperable - EUROCONTROL’s Civil-Military CNS Interoperability Roadmap, which has just been published in a new edition, is an invaluable source of non-binding technical guidance for military authorities and other ATM stakeholders.
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ACI World publishes year-end COVID-19 economic impact analysis - Airports Council International (ACI) World has published its fifth COVID-19 economic impact analysis revealing the devastating effect on the airport industry and the prospects for recovery.
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Inefficiency in the European air traffic management network resulting in an average additional fuel burn of 8.6%-11.2% - EUROCONTROL - The report was produced to clarify potential environmental benefits the Single European Sky (SES) 2+ legislation could deliver on and contribute to the discussions in the European Council and Parliament.
Reports and data
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Fraport Traffic Figures – November 2020: Major Decline in Passenger Traffic Continues - In November 2020, Frankfurt Airport (FRA) served 656,420 passengers, representing an 87.0 percent decrease compared to the same month last year. FRA’s cumulative traffic during the January-to-November 2020 period fell by 72.8 percent.
Research and innovation
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Volocopter commits to launch air taxi services in Singapore - Unmanned airspace - Germany Urban Air Mobility (UAM) company Volocopter has announced its commitment to launch air taxi services in Singapore after two years of close collaboration with the city.
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How to improve aviation efficiency through remote and digital towers - CANSO - Rory Hedman, CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force (SDT TF) co-chair and ATM and Airports Consultant at Think Research, explores the latest CANSO insight into remote and digital towers.
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SESAR Innovation Days showcases scientific excellence in air traffic management - Artificial intelligence, higher airspace operations, and climate and weather modelling were just some of the research themes to be explored during the 10th SESAR Innovation Days (SIDs).
UAV and UTM
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Polish drone successes at the Amsterdam Drone Week conference - The PansaUTM system is the basis for the development of the U-space concept in Poland. The demonstration and certification of U-space services will allow the commencement of introducing urban mobility to the airspace.
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Unmanned aircraft - Technologies of robotics and control – AZIMUT - On November 26-27, 2020, the AERONET scientific and practical conference was held. It was aimed at supporting private initiative and entrepreneurial potential in the field of unmanned aviation and space transport, as well as in the field of geoinformation systems, collection, processing and use of geodata.
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