Current affairs | ISDEFE

Now in its sixth year and organised by the Civil Aviation Navigation Services Organization (CANSO) and the Air Traffic Control Association, the World ATM Congress will be held from 6 to 8 March at the Madrid fairgrounds (IFEMA), where Isdefe will be present at stand 145, Pavilion 10 (north entrance).

This is the world’s largest international exhibit and conference on air traffic management (ATM), bringing together experts and technical developers, as well as air navigation service providers and industry representatives, drawing over 7,500 people every year.

On 26 February in the Isdefe assembly hall, the awards were presented for the 3rd Call for Projects to Solicit and Manage R&D Ideas.

The Spanish PAZ satellite was successfully launched yesterday from the Vandenberg AF Base in California.

The Paz mission, the radar part of the National Earth Observation Satellite Programme (PNOTS), will put Spain at the forefront of the European space industry, making it the third European country (alongside Germany and Italy) to have a satellite with synthetic aperture radar (SAR). The satellite has dual civil-military capabilities and will primarily be used for security and defence needs, but also for certain civil purposes.

As part of the Innovation Horizons Network, on Wednesday, 21 February, the Honourable Dean of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Mr Guillermo Cisneros Pérez, And Isdefe’s CEO, Mr Francisco Quereda Rubio, entered into an agreement to create the Isdefe Chair on Air Traffic Management at the Advanced School of Aeronautics and Space Engineering (ETISAE). The purpose of the new Chair is to engage in technology foresight and analysis activities, as well as to generate and disseminate knowledge in the area of Air Traffic Management (ATM). The Chair will also have a scholarship

Daniel Acuña, Isdefe’s Director of Defence and Security, moderated the expert panel on “Protecting people and institutions” at the CERES Workshop, which was held on 7 and 8 Februart at the headquarters of the Royal Mint of Spain (FNMT-RCM).

CERES, organised by FNMT-RCM in concert with related public institutions, is a meeting point for managers from public agencies and companies involved in the rapid development of the world of technology.

The Workshops dealt with the new technologies, needs, challenges and opportunities facing public officials and companies,