Air traffic control undergoing a digital revolution

The dramatic advances in information and communications technology, electro-optical technologies and digitalisation have enabled a revolution to take place in terms of airport air (and ground) traffic control. This was highlighted in a briefing at the Africa Aerospace and Defence 2018 exhibition by Saab VP: Civil Security (Middle East and North Africa region) David Shomar. Saab had played a leading – in some cases the leading – role in these developments. He pointed out that remotely-controlled digital air traffic control (ATC) was now operational in Sweden, the Republic of Ireland and in the State of Virginia in the US.