CONTENTS
CONTENTS
COVER STORY
6 CANSO’s new director general Simon Hocquard is preparing
for the future
Ben Sampson
12 The ongoing deployment of SESAR is delivering benefits to
European passengers and the environment
Freek de Witte and Mariagrazia La Piscopia, head of stakeholder relations and
chief of strategy and programme engagement, SESAR
18 Automated systems must be carefully analysed and
checked before commissioned, leading experts warn
David Hughes
24 Engineers are developing systems to integrate the flight of
drones into existing air traic control infrastructure
Andrew Williams
32 Trialing Aireon’s ADS-B system, which is set to transform
oceanic control
Andy Smith, head of strategic oceanic engagement NATS
40 The idea of restoring the eLoran navigation system is
gaining support in the USA
David Hughes
4 AIR TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL 2020
46 Advanced Flow Management Systems in India and Brazil
Walter N. Pizzo, Agenir C. Dias, Marcos R. Resende - ATECH
50 Q&A: Jeroen Debonnet
ATC product manager, ScioTeq
54 Drone integration into Airspace
Ralf Heidger, head of UTM development at DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung
58 Maximising airspace eiciency
Fran Hill, senior vice president and operations manager transportation
solutions, Leidos
62 Q&A: Dennis Jewell
Rotary joint technical director, CIS Business Area, Cobham Advanced
Electronic Solutions
66 How the latest fast-time simulator can help ATC meet the
challenges of future air traic growth
Gustavo Mercado and Pier Ferraris, product managers, Airtopsoft ‘a Transoft
Solutions company’
70 Today’s global battlespaces demand a higher level of
adaptability when making mission connections
Alan Breitbart, business development manager, Collins Aerospace
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