A new report out of the U.K. has confirmed what dozens of ANSPs around the world have already discovered – space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) has significant operational, safety and environmental benefits for the aviation industry. A report conducted by Steer – a global consultancy with expertise in aviation and cost-benefit analysis – and commissioned … Read more
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is harnessing advanced space-based surveillance data from Aireon as part of an innovative initiative to enhance airspace safety and risk assessment across Australia. The Australian Digital Airspace Characterisation (ADAC) project, led by QUT and funded under the Federal Government’s Emerging Aviation Technology Partnership (EATP) program, is developing a first-of-its-kind digital … Read more
Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA) marked a major step forward in aviation safety, signing a contract to deploy Aireon’s space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data for air traffic surveillance. The contract covers space-based ADS-B data services for the entire Piarco Flight Information Region (FIR), a 2.5 million square kilometer area in the Eastern … Read more
Aireon, the global leader of space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data products and services, and Ursa Space Systems, a leading provider of space-based insights, today announced a collaboration to integrate Aireon’s real-time aircraft tracking data into Ursa Space’s geospatial platform. This integration will expand Ursa Space’s analytic offerings with a global layer of aviation activity, … Read more
Isavia ANS, Iceland’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), reached a significant milestone in its deployment of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data from Aireon, with the operational use of data down to ground level. This milestone, put in operation April 10th, is the fourth and final implementation step in a process that kicked off in … Read more
Aireon to advancing plans for a satellite constellation to bring enhanced capabilities to the aviation industry LISBON, PORTUGAL – 13 May 2025 – Aireon is launching Phase 2 of its work to bring space-based VHF communications to the aviation marketplace – launching development plans for a new equatorial satellite constellation. Aireon is advancing plans to … Read more
Aireon introduces a game-changing product family to identify and mitigate the impact of jamming and spoofing events in aviation Addressing the growing and dangerous threat GPS interference poses to aviation, Aireon is introducing AireonVECTOR, a suite of tools and resources designed to help aviation stakeholders stay apprised in real-time of changes in the GPS signal … Read more
MCLEAN, VIRGINIA – 25 March 2025 – The African island nation of Cabo Verde will deploy Aireon’s space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data air traffic surveillance for the oceanic portion of its Sal oceanic flight information region (FIR), a key airspace for traffic in the Europe – South America (EUR-SAM) corridor. Cabo Verde in West … Read more
By Andy Hoag, Aireon Vice President of Product Development, and Dr. Giuseppe Sirigu, Ph.D., Aireon Manager Modeling & Analysis On Saturday, March 1, 2025, multiple aircraft approaching Reagan National Airport (DCA) experienced alarming Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS) Resolution Advisories (RA), indicating a potential risk of mid-air collision. Typically, these TCAS RA alerts are a … Read more
Blind spots in global airspace just got smaller. Aireon, a leader in aviation data and services, has joined the Global Data Marketplace (GDM) as a vendor, bringing its global real-time air traffic data to U.S. government agencies and allied partners. Aireon’s space-based flight tracking and air domain awareness data is now available via GDM to equip … Read more
The Civil Aviation Authority of Philippines (CAAP) has taken a major leap forward in safety and operational efficiency with the adoption of space-based air traffic surveillance data from Aireon. Under an agreement signed today, CAAP will deploy Aireon’s space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data for controlling and separating aircraft in the busy Manila Flight Information … Read more
Aireon, a global leader in aviation data products and services, marked a significant achievement in its campaign to bring space-based VHF services to the aviation marketplace with the spectrum license filing with regulators. In a filing this month through Canadian spectrum regulator Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Aireon put forward … Read more
