France’s Direction des Services de la Navigation Aérienne (DSNA) has the challenging task of managing diverse airspaces around the globe. From Cayenne to Paramaribo and Piarco to Tahiti, DSNA and its controllers ensure safe operation of aircraft in millions of kilometers of airspace. 

Aireon has been a part of the ANSP’s safety mission, providing air traffic surveillance products and search and rescue tools for some of its territories. 

In 2024, DSNA opted to use utilize Aireon Locate to support search and rescue alerting within overseas territories around the world, including French Guyana (South America), Guadeloupe (Caribbean), Martinique (Caribbean), Réunion (Indian Ocean), French Polynesia (Pacific Ocean), and New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean). These territories include the Cayenne, Paramaribo, Piarco, and Tahiti Flight Information Regions (FIR). Under this contract, DSNA will use Aireon Locate across 18.6 million square kilometers of oceanic airspace. 

In 2024, DNSA chose Aireon’s data for air traffic surveillance for its Cayenne Flight Information Region (FIR) which includes terrestrial and oceanic airspace across 2.8 million square kilometers. The Cayenne FIR covering French Guiana in South America is a critical airspace for South Atlantic traffic.