Air Traffic Management podcast by Global Airspace Radar - One new episode every second Tuesday.
On this episode, Simon Hocquard, Director General of CANSO looks back at Airspace World 2025 with Claudia Bacco. They discuss how the event was and also the future with two new Airspace World events coming, in Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi. They also discuss the future of the workforce in the industry, the CATS CONOPS, Advanced Air Mobility readiness in Asia and much more.
This episode with Dale Drake , Director ATC Sales at UFA explores their latest product: ATTranscribe, which can be used to facilitate voice transcription in the context of incident investigation. We dig deeper in how voice recognition can be used in ATC and discuss how ATTranscribe is UFA's first step out of simulation.
The team of Global Airspace Radar wraps-up Airspace World 2025 in this final episode of our special series. We look at everything what happened on the third day and give our final comments on this edition of Airspace World 2025. We discuss the best of this edition, identify new trends and share our insights on the latest topics in airspace management.
The team of Global Airspace Radar reports about Airspace World in this special episode recorded on site after the second day of the show. News, announcements, insights, trends, panels, press releases, we share it all with you. Wether you are at Airspace World and want to know the latest or if you could not make it, this special episode will sum it all up for you!
The team of Global Airspace Radar reports about Airspace World in this special episode recorded on site after the first day of the show. News, announcements, insights, trends, we share it all with you. Wether you are at Airspace World and want to know the latest or if you could not make it this year, this episode will bring you up to speed with all what happened today!
Speech recognition has been around for a long time but never achieved results deemed sufficient for making it usable for Air Traffic Control. Recent advances in Artificial Intelligence and constant increases in computing power could change it. Eric Button , founder and CEO of EnhancedRadar discusses this and how the company focuses exclusively on this topic. EnhancedRadar will be present at AirspaceWorld 2025 at booth number H21600....
Synthetic Device Training Instructors - STDI for short - can instruct in any organisation with an EASA license. This step in liberalisation shows how market rules apply and what the results can be. Samuli Suokas of Lektor discusses with Vincent Lambercy and shares his experience as somebody who runs both a training organisation and an agency providing other organisations with STDIs. The market is not mature yet and agencies can make an important contribution. And if one days ATCO endorsements ca...
Drones can pose a real threat to air traffic and detecting them is not an easy task. In this episode, Vincent Lambercy discusses with Stephan Kraschansky , the CEO of AARONIA 's Austrian branch. This episode covers the following topics: The reality of the threat posed by drones Different types of cases, from ignorant to malicious Sensors used to detect drones and data fusion The need for a multi-layers approach AARONIA's experience...
Claudia Bacco speaks with Anne Stephan about the latest innovations in 5G technology and how this could impact aviation and airspace management: The current status of LDACS 5G as the next step in telecommunication networks How the technology can support drones flying BVLOS operations 5G as a backup or even a main ground - air communication system The interrelationships between AI and networking, how networks must adapt to AI use cases but also how AI can help manage networks in a better way...
Claudia Bacco speaks with Amit Ganjoo about how ANRA Technologies is getting ready to become the first U-Space Service Provider (USSP) certified at EASA level. How should multiple USSPs work in the same U-Spaces? What states should prepare and offer to USSPs to make the competition possible? Which Common Infrastructure Service Provider (CISP) models exist and why it is important to choose one and the same for all of Europe? How the certification process is organised, with differences at EASA and...
Vincent Lambercy discusses with Ralf Heidger of German ANSP Deutsche Flugsicherung about the development of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) and Single Central Information System Provider (SCISP) in Germany. They discuss the need for central services provision for U-Space Services Providers (USSPs), what those services should be and how they should be provided, in a centralised or decentralised way. The discussion also includes the need centralised tracking of drones and the question about fund...
The Global Airspace Radar team discusses the launch of this new multi-channel airspace management hub and but there is more to this episode. We each look our hopes and expectations for 2025: Vincent : more open systems and technical integration, giving more room to smaller industry providers Claudia : more-AI but not to the point of replacing ATCOs Marita : the impact of defence and military changes on civilian traffic management Kasia : more newcomers, especially at the edge of space and the re...
Our guest today is Marita Lintener - President-Elect of IAWA (International Aviation Womens Association) and MD/founder of Lintener Aviation Consultancy , talking about the current struggle of attracting and retaining new talents in the aviation and ATM industry. We listen to Marita's views about how to attract new talents, which skills will be of a value in the future, what skills make great leaders, how to encourage diversity in work teams and design attractive workplaces, the importance of ro...
Today's guests Juliette Bonet - Airside Operation Manager at Paris Airport and Pierre Berolatti - Deputy Chief of Operations at DSNA tell us about the "behind the scenes" of one of the biggest events of 2024 - Olympic Games in Paris. We learn about the preparations for the Olympics from the perspectives of the Airport and DSNA, about extraordinary measures in place to make the event run smoothly, how the opening ceremony and the related no-flight zone around Paris was handled and how "the mass d...
In this episode, Vincent speaks with the CTO of DFS Friedrich-Wilhelm Menge . Today we will get to know Friedrich-Wilhelm's story of joining DFS , what he does to keep the employees up to date, his opinion about advantages and disadvantages of being such a large European ANSP, how far is the ATM industry today in terms of leading edge technologies, how easy it is to attract new talents to DFS, what are the ideas behind the Future Delivery Model , how DFS prepares for the future, and at the end, ...
The guest of today's episode is Benjamin Baier - the CEO of Imtradex - provider of communication solutions for ATC and other industries from Germany. In this episode we learn more about Benjamin and the company, what is the reason of having the manufacturing process in Germany, what are the advantages of having so specialised products, what are the new features of the new ATC headset model designed for remote towers ATCOs. We also hear about the most unusual request from customers Imtradex had t...
Vincent's guest in this episode is Jannik Breum - Product Manager at Terma . In today's conversation Jannik talks about his career path and what is a typical day of a product manager. We learn about what Terma does apart from SMR s, what products does it offer in other industries and what are the benefits of operating in various industries and application areas. Jannik explains what an eSMR is, what are its main features and much more! At the end Vincent asks this season's signature question....
Today's episode was recorded at the Airspace World in Geneva and Vincent's guest is the CEO of PANSA - Magdalena Jaworska . Magdalena tells her story of joining the ATM industry and re-joining the Polish ANSP, gives updates about the ANSP's current situation, what are the plans for the future as regards the Agency's products and services to be offered to the market, drone traffic development in Poland and about the direction of PANSA after the recent turbulent times. Magdalena talks about gender...
This episode opens the new season of our podcast series. Vincent's guest today is Cliona Mimnagh - the Safety Manager Terminal Services at AirNav Ireland . We hear about Cliona's career path, what are the goals of safety in ATM an how is it managed, how do colleagues with engineering and with operational backgrounds work together, how is the safety unit organised within the ANSP, how are the two sides of safety dealt with - the management of hazards and the project side i.e. safety assessment. W...
In this podcast episode David Perez - the CEO of DataBeacon and MD of Innaxis , talks about what Data Beacon is and what are its offerings, shares his views about data analytics industry in the US and in Europe, certification of AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) tools for ATC. We learn about DataBeacon's recent implementation of the ADS-B based solution for AFIS officers, provided in 6 airports in the UK, and what could the future bring in terms of ADS-B only, AI and ML base...
In today's episode Vincent interviews Jouhayna AlMheiri - Senior Air Traffic Control Officer and On-The-Job Training instructor from the UAE. Jouhayna tells her story of becoming an Air Traffic Controller, what skills and abilities are useful in this job, what lifestyle and mode of work the ATCOs have, what has been her experience of being an Emirati woman doing the demanding job of an ATCO and what are her views on the developments in ATM in the next 5 and 50 years. Jouhayna also shares about h...
In this episode Vincent hosts the two guests - Stephan Wollschläger and Dietmar Weishaupt who talk about what T-Systems product has been provided to Berlin Airport, how was it possible to implement the pre-departure sequencer in only 6 months, what are the lesons learned from that process, what are their visions for the next 5 and 50 years as regards the development of A-CDM and more.
In this podcast episode Vincent meets Kate Arlouskaya - in charge of administration and marketing at ANSART , and Serge Miranovich - the CEO of the company. Firstly, the guests explain what ANSART does and what are its offerings to the market, then we hear views about the advantages of being an SME-size company in the ATM industry. The guests talk about what is special about their products and whether in-cloud / in-browser solutions are the future, or perhaps already the reality in air traffic s...
In this podcast episode, Vincent Lambercy interviews Julian Sube , co-founder of Skysquitter , a company that operates an ADS-B network across Europe. Julian discusses the unique approach of Skysquitter, which owns all the receivers for their network, providing more control and higher data quality compared to crowdsourced networks. He also highlights the additional services they offer, such as live weather information and data processing. Julian emphasizes the advantages of working with smaller ...
Time Based Separation or TBS is a great way to improve airport capacity. This is now in operation at Amsterdam Schiphol airpot and we discuss how this project went and dive deep in the details in this episode with Sebastiaan de Stigter, who is the TBS project manager with Dutch ANSP LVNL.
Roles are swapped in this special episode! Vincent goes from being the host to being guest, with Stojanche asking questions. We get a look back at the last seasons, rom why we do this podcast in the first place, how it all started, to what we learned doing it, recalling fun moments and discussing how it will continue in the future.
Our today's guest is John Franklin - Head of Safety Promotion at EASA. We talked about what actually is the definition of safety, how a mature safety organisation perceives and manages it, how will safety evolve along with introducing more and more technologies into ATM, what is the philosophy of safety, what is the " Summer 2023 " safety campaign all about and who is it designed for, and of course, what will the next 5 and 50 years bring in terms of changes in safety....
Our today's guests are Max Bezzina - the CEO of INGENAV and Richard Landreville - the principal and founder of Betterizon Consultants Inc . We talked about the idea and the team behind the "CHarlie" project and its goals, we discussed if the AI - based tools for ATCOs will replace humans from the job, or if they will remain just as a support in the future, certification of the AI tools and their compatibility with various ATC systems, and of course, what will the next 5 and 50 years bring in the...
Our guest today is Paul Stevens , the CEO of the Mayflower College . We talked about standardization of ATC phraseology, how speaking to non-native English speakers is addressed in the training, the role of empathy in speaking with foreigners, communication tips for native English speakers, when to use plain English in ATC, the effect of stress on communication, what changes in communication between ATCOs and pilots we can expect in the future, and our signature question - what will the next 5 a...
Our today's guest is Christian Woborsky - the Product Manager OneControl at ADB Safegate. We talked about the company - how did it start, develop and what are its offerings. We discussed if the standardisation and configurability of ATC tools help reducing their cost, involving clients, in this case - ATCOs, in the process of designing and modifying the ATM software, how to deal with replacing the existing ATC tools with new ones and, as always, what will the next 5 and 50 years bring in ATM....
