Metron Aviation announced that it has been awarded a contract from NASA to perform advanced research and development to further NextGen airspace management concepts. This is an interesting twist in the NextGen story… Metron Aviation has been recently acquired by Airbus. Metron Aviation will support NASA’s NextGen Concepts and Technology Development Project (CTD), as it… Continue reading Metron Aviation Wins NASA Contract for NextGen Airspace Management
Tag: CDM
Airport CDM officially launched in Madrid Barajas Airport
The Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) Project in Madrid-Barajas Airport (AENA) was officially launched on 26 July 2011 with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the main stakeholders, AENA, AENA Aeropuertos Sociedad Anonimo and Iberia. The signing ceremony took place at Madrid-Barajas Airport Headquarters and was hosted by the AENA Aeropuertos Sociedad.… Continue reading Airport CDM officially launched in Madrid Barajas Airport
TITAN – a smart layer upon Airport CDM
Not so long ago, a daring fellow named Orville Wright took off from a hazy field in North Carolina with his „homebuilt” airplane. He flew an impressive distance of 39 meters, then landed. That day, the Wright Flyer made four take-offs: the Wright brothers intended to take full advantage of the good weather on their… Continue reading TITAN – a smart layer upon Airport CDM
Pilot CDM Project to Improve Air Traffic Management Between Bangkok and Singapore
CANSO, the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation, has announced the launch of a pilot project which aims to improve the efficiency of air traffic management (ATM) between two major cities in the Asia- Pacific region. The project seeks to demonstrate the potential efficiency gains from the implementation of CDM at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok and… Continue reading Pilot CDM Project to Improve Air Traffic Management Between Bangkok and Singapore
Airbus Acquires Metron Aviation
Airbus has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Metron Aviation, a leading provider of advanced Air Traffic Management (ATM) products and services for the global aviation industry. This acquisition strengthens Airbus’ strategy to accelerate and support ATM programs that will dramatically improve global air transportation capacity, efficiency and environmental sustainability. The transaction is subject… Continue reading Airbus Acquires Metron Aviation
The significance of services in TITAN
As you may have heard, TITAN is an EU 7Th Framework project working on improving the predictability and efficiency of the aircraft turnaround. Its name says it all: turnaround integration in trajectory and network. Building on the baseline to be provided by Airport CDM (A-CDM), TITAN will make the details of the turnaround process more… Continue reading The significance of services in TITAN
BluSky Services and Holland Aviation Consultancy & Engineering (HACE) team up to develop advanced e-training courses
The importance of training in aviation cannot be over emphasized. This has been amply demonstrated by recent events, including the Air France A330 crash and the A380 taxi incident, in both of which pilot training issues have been identified as important contributory factors. But the need for quality training extends way beyond pilots and air… Continue reading BluSky Services and Holland Aviation Consultancy & Engineering (HACE) team up to develop advanced e-training courses
TITAN Mid-term Progress Meeting
The mid-term progress meeting of the TITAN project was held on 24-25 May 2011 near Frankfurt at project partner Jeppesen’s European headquarters. The meeting was well attended and was of special significance also on account of the fact that TITAN was introduced for the first time to its new European Commission project officer Mr. Remy Denos.… Continue reading TITAN Mid-term Progress Meeting
TITAN – New category on Roger-Wilco
Our readers will have noted that Roger-Wilco regularly reports on developments in the field of Collaborative Decision Making (CDM), a subject that has its own category on the blog. One of the most interesting new developments in CDM is cooking in the EU 7th Framework project TITAN. Building on basic CDM, TITAN brings added value… Continue reading TITAN – New category on Roger-Wilco
Are Brussels Airlines and Brussels Airport loosing it?
I have written in the past about the curious happenings that seem to affect Brussels Airlines’ flights from Vienna. You can read about them here and here. Last Friday however I got proof that flights TO Vienna can also be jinxed… Sadly, the event I am about to relate to you also shows that collaborative… Continue reading Are Brussels Airlines and Brussels Airport loosing it?