ERA at World ATM Congress Madrid – enjoying the ATMosphere for business!

ERA Company (a member of OMNIPOL group) exhibited its proven technologies for aircraft surveillance and air traffic management (ATM) and their innovations at the World ATM Congress – the biggest international ATM exhibition and conference held at IFEMA trade-park in Madrid, Spain.

This event, co-organized by CANSO (Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation) and ATCA (Air Traffic Control Association), was held from 6th to 8th March 2018. According official CANSO information there were the 237 exhibitors, 260 speakers and 8,542 registrants from 136 countries taking part in over 100 different conference sessions.

ERA sales and product managers along with the experts from ERA´s Slovak subsidiary R-SYS took advantage of the presence of a number of important partners as well as new potential customers to negotiate business issues. They presented the references of operational installations of ERA composite multilateration and ADS-B systems as well as novelties in its portfolio suitable for ATM such as ERA Integrated System ERIS and IXO by R-SYS. The main highlight of the joined ERA and R-SYS presentation was the flight and drone zone planner IXO. The Head of R-SYS Marketing Pavol Serbín held a live presentation of the IXO system for the partakers of ERA event happy Hour and his colleagues Marek Náhlík and Josef Jankovič took several interviews for media.

IXO system represents a complex solution that seamlessly integrates information on manned and unmanned aircraft operations and provides real-time aeronautical information for all airspace users. It is a powerful and multi-platform solution which satisfies requirements of ATM integrated and interoperable system while it emphasizes timely distribution of accurate aeronautical data. The system applies the latest regulations to flight planning, airspace usage conflict calculation, RPAS flight validation/clearance processing, manned/unmanned aircraft management, or aeronautical data provision.

World ATM Congress, now in its sixth year, is the world’s largest international ATM exhibition and conference that brings together the world’s leading product developers, experts, stakeholders, and air navigation service providers (ANSPs). Aviation thought leaders gather for three days of conference sessions, product demonstrations and launches, contract closures and educational and networking opportunities.