Airspace is becoming more and more crowded. In the next twenty years, the fleet of aircraft in service should, according to Airbus and Boeing, double to exceed 48,000 aircraft. At the same time, drones, flying taxis and other small electric devices flying lower than airliners are expected to have multiplied around the world, as are aircraft flying at very high altitudes. Ensuring flight safety by managing very dense traffic is becoming increasingly complex for air traffic controllers.
However, the organization of the sky, divided into zones attached to countries by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 1945, is no longer suitable. Likewise, air traffic management systems, called ATM, must evolve. Anticipating this revolution, Thales, the world number one in ATM, with 30% of the world market and a turnover of 500 million euros per year, ahead of the Spanish Hindra and the American Leidos, presented this Monday, a news system…
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