SAAB Digital Traffic Solutions and LVNL sign a pact for Digital Towers:
12 December 2019 - Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions (SDATS) and Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL), a leading and an innovating Air Navigation Service Provider in the core of Europe have signed a 20-year framework agreement for remote towers. The framework contract also has options for additional airports and functions.
As per the agreement SDATS will establish remote towers at Groningen, Maastricht and remote tower centre at Schiphol Airport which is also the second largest airport in Europe. Initial operations to the project will start only in 2021.
"We are proud to be trusted by the LVNL to deliver digital towers for their future air traffic control infrastructure. This contract will be the first to cover a country wide implementation. With our second generation of Digital Towers, the Netherlands will possess new world class capabilities. We see the LVNL as a perfect partner to further enhance our concept in the coming decade," says Per Ahl, CEO of Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions.
After introduction in 2015, the digital air traffic control brought about a breakthrough in air traffic control. The rnskldsvik Airport in Sweden became the first airport with remote air traffic control.
"Saab has proven itself capable of delivering a solid Remote Tower technology. The Saab approach distinguishes itself in its attention to the switch from the current way of handling traffic to handling it with a Remote Tower. Saab will support us in the further development of the system, safety analyses, and training courses for air traffic controllers", says Hans-Peter Spies, General Manager of the Regional Unit at LVNL.
SAAB's world-class technical solutions and Swedish Civil Aviation Administration (LFV)'s unique operational experience came together in 2016 to form Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions AB to manage the entire process from planning and implementation to the administration of air traffic control services. Today, SDATS provides new and sophisticated digital services to airports in Sweden and abroad.
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