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NAV CANADA’s Donna Mathieu Joins Aireon Board

Donna Mathieu, Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of NAV CANADA, has joined the Aireon LLC Board of Directors, effective Jan. 13. Mathieu replaces Alexander (Sandy) N. Struthers, of NAV CANADA, who is retiring. “On behalf of Aireon and its executive team, I want to thank Sandy for his valuable contributions to the Aireon board and wish him well in his retirement,” said Don Thoma, Aireon CEO. “We are excited to welcome Donna and look forward to working with her to achieve continued success for Aireon.” Before her promotion to…

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Papua New Guinea Using Aireon Data for Reduced Separation

Utilizing Aireon LLC’s (Aireon) space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data services, Papua New Guinea’s National Air Navigation Services Provider (ANSP), NiuSky Pacific Limited (NSPL), is achieving unparalleled operational efficiencies for its airspace through reduced surveillance-based separation standards. NSPL, which has been operational with Aireon data since 2020, is now using space-based ADS-B in the application of a surveillance-based separation standard of 20 nautical miles (NM), which has facilitated the application of flexible routing throughout the airspace and the application of less-restrictive separation. Aireon’s space-based ADS-B services are particularly critical for the…

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Aireon: Isavia ANS Expands Usage of Space-Based ADS-B System

REYKJAVÍK, ICELAND/MCLEAN, VIRGINIA 26 October 2021 – Isavia ANS, Iceland’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), announced today that it has signed an agreement with Aireon LLC (Aireon) to expand usage it’s space-based ADS-B data. Isavia ANS provides air navigation services across 5.4 million square kilometers of controlled airspace that extends from the North Pole to Scotland and from the prime meridian in Greenwich to west of Greenland. As an early supporter of Aireon’s space-based ADS-B technology, Isavia ANS was one of the first air navigation service providers to sign an…

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uAvionix Releases Independent Analysis of tailBeaconX Performance Operating With Space-Based ADS-B

uAvionix Corporation today released an independent report created by Capital Sciences, LLC and endorsed by Aireon LLC, comparing the performance of its TSO-certified tailBeaconX transponder to traditional diversity transponders when tracked by Aireon’s space-based ADS-B orbital network. The report concluded the following: “This analysis shows that tailBeaconX performs very similarly to traditional diversity transponders […]. Both transponder types meet the threshold values of ED-129B in airspaces where Aireon data is likely to be the only surveillance source available. Read Full Article

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