Global Airspace Radar

Rita Somogyi , Managing Director of Tern Systems ' branch in Hungary and Chief Commercial Officier of Terns Systems globally sat down with Vincent Lambercy to discuss how technology providers and ANSPs get the best results when they work hand in hand. The discussion covers: Latest news about Tern's Polaris ATM system becoming operational with HungaroControl How Tern's proximity, and...

Maartje van der Helm, General Manager Performance & Development at LVNL, the Dutch air navigation service provider (ANSP), speaks with Global Airspace Radar Editor Marita Lintener about the specific challenges of managing Amsterdam Schiphol Airport and Dutch airspace. The discussion covers operational challenges, stakeholder and community relations, civil-military integration, LVNL's tech...

Christine Raab is a seasoned drone and defence strategist. She is Advisor to the Alliance for New Mobility Europe (AME), a leading European drone organisation and also an angel investor in the drone sector. Her experience includes 10 years in EU drone regulation and before that 15 years in European security and defence policy-making including Executive Director for Drone Alliance Europe (DAE), Cha...

Airspace World 2026 is in the books and the team takes a look back: Vincent looks at the general impression and some technical progress Kasia reports on space launches and training, mentioning this previous episode Marita discusses her conversations about resilience and civil-military integration, the future of SESAR, and C-suite executive presence at the event Claudia shares her thoughts on the S...

Marie-Christine Cloutier is Vice President Strategy and Air Traffic Services at CAE . On this episode, sponsored by CAE, we discuss: The need for Air Traffic Services professionals in the coming years, as reported in CAE’s 2025 Aviation Talent Forecast CAE’s end-to-end training services ‒ from delivery to courseware modernization and consultancy How CAE integrates new technologies like immersive 3...

Airspace World is coming soon and the Global Airspace Radar editorial team looks ahead to their key areas of interest for this year: AI across the industry - will it or won't it? Integrated airspace management - drones, eVTOLs, HAPS, space and of course airplanes! SESAR in the future and other regulatory aspects New ways of training to bring more ATCOs onboard And naturally, the Seamless Skie...

Martin Rolfe, CEO of NATS National Air Traffic Services of the UK, and one of the longest serving CEOs of an ANSP in Europe talks with Global Airspace Radar editor Marita Lintener about his learnings during his career and the challenges for the sector. They are unpacking the strategic topics of Air Traffic Management (ATM): Implementation of new technologies and integrated systems, the importance...

In today’s episode, two guests from NASA Ames Research Center - Heather Arneson , Deputy Project Manager for Execution of the Air Traffic Management and Safety Project, and Jeff Homola , Aeronautics Researcher and Higher Airspace Traffic Management Concept Lead speak with Global Airspace Radar editor Katarzyna Żmudzińska about high-altitude traffic management. Heather and Jeff explain that high-al...

Nicki Harricharan - Operations Programme Manager, CANSO talks with Global Airspace Radar, Editor-in-Chief Claudia Bacco about the importance of operations and safety being an integrated effort within our industry. This topic spans beyond traditional air navigation service provider (ANSP) activities related to air traffic management and unmanned traffic management integration. Today the presence of...

Thomas Neubauer , CEO of Dimetor discusses with Vincent Lambercy about the latest progresses in drone detection technology. This episode covers various technologies that can be used but also Dimetor speciality: extracting intelligence from telecom data. When drones are controlled using 5G networks, simple RF-scanners can't detect them anymore. Identifying drone-related traffic in the flow of...

Philip Butterworth-Hayes, Publisher of Unmanned Airspace and Urban Air Mobility News, turns the tables and interviews Claudia Bacco, Editor-in-Chief, Global Airspace Radar about the recent xponential Europe conference and exhibition. The discussion looks at what's different about the topics covered during this event, the event itself - hot or not, and a bit of a side step in cybersecurity. It...

Sergio Diaz Martinez, Business Development and Strategic Projects, Technology Park of Fuerteventura and Juanjo Sola, Chief Regulatory Office, Murzilli Consulting bring our Editor-in-Chief, Claudia Bacco up to speed on their answers to this question.  Do you already know about the Technology Park and their role in Canarias Geo Innovation Program 2030? You'll learn more about their work and the...

The NTSB report about the accident in Washington DCA is over 400 pages long. Understanding its air traffic control implications is not easy and Vincent Lambercy has two guests on this special episode: Philip Mann , author of “The SCAR Framework: A Systematic Approach to AI Decision-Making in Critical Systems,” with nearly 30 years of experience in complex, safety-critical environments, including 1...

James Evans, General Manager - Commercial, Airways International joins our Editor-in-chief, Claudia Bacco to look ahead at 2026 from the perspective of his new role in the organisation. One of the main areas of discussion focussed on their shift in marketing priorities to ATC training and selection. Although this topic was important in 2025, it has now become the leading topic for them. Listen to...

John van Hoogstraten is the author of Reclaiming the Skies . In this episode, he discusses the book and the discussion it triggers online. John’s experience as an air traffic controller (ATCO), operations and safety manager, and consultant all over the globe gives him an interesting perspective. His current position as an independent consultant allows for a refreshing, free tone of speech. The boo...

Oksana Bardygula , Vice President Oliver Wyman , joins Marita Lintener, Global Airspace Radar Editor to discuss leadership, career advancement and employee retention in the global aerospace sector.  We dive into the findings of the report "Lift Off to Leadership" Edition 2, jointly released jointly in February 2026 with the International Aerospace Women’s Association ( IAWA ). For decade...

Malte Seifert, director of XPONENTIAL Europe met with our Editor-in-Chief, Claudia Bacco to look ahead at the upcoming event on the 24-26th March in Düsseldorf, Germany. The event is only in its second year but has seen a great amount of growth from exhibitors and registered attendees compared to last year's event. There are also more live demonstrations planned for this year, a hackathon, st...

Peter Sachs, Head of Airspace Integration, Zipline spoke with Claudia Bacco, Editor-in-Chief, Global Airspace Radar about the 10 year path that has helped Zipline evolve to where they are at today. We discuss the market needs in two very different markets. The support of medical requirements via drone delivery in Africa and the delivery of food and household supplies in the US. In order for this t...

Stephen Creamer, President & CEO, ATCA joins Claudia Bacco, Global Airspace Radar Editor-in-Chief to discuss changing times in the US National Airspace (NAS). The last year has brought a great deal of change within the NAS, and we dive into these topics. One key topic of discussion is the promise of BNATCS and the challenges to getting there. The opportunities for modernisation of the US infra...

In this episode, Katarzyna Zmudzinska meets Dr Gabriele Enea , Assistant Group Leader of Air Traffic Control and Weather Systems at MIT (The Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Lincoln Laboratory , for a discussion about disruptive weather and air traffic. We get to know Gabriele’s story and hear about the most common types of disruptive weather events and how they impact operations. Gabriele e...

Simon Hocquard, President & CEO, CANSO shared his insights with Claudia Bacco, Editor-in-Chief, Global Airspace Radar. 2025 was the first year to have two events under this umbrella, the marquee Airspace World in Lisbon and the inaugural Asia Pacific event. What did CANSO learn and how will it impact the 2026 events? The main show in Lisbon and another new event focussing on the Middle East an...

Marita Lintener and Vincent Lambercy debrief Airspace Asia Pacific, looking at the show under all angles: The venue in Hong Kong and the logistics The exhibitors, who was there and who was missing The theaters, topics, and programmes The attendance The feedback from exhibitors Listen to know how they perceived the three days of Airspace discussions and exhibitions in Hong Kong, learn more about th...

Guy Laor, Vice President Operations and Strategy, Airwayz joined our editor-in-chief Claudia Bacco to discuss the achievements of the Israel National Drone Initiative (INDI) to date and the path forward. Airwayz has recently announced their role as the central orchestrator for phase 3 of the initiative. Prior to joining Airwayz, Guy actually worked at INDI focussing on UTM, UAS, and urban air mobi...

Moodie Cheikh , CEO and founder of Searidge Technologies discuss the company latest projects in Doha and how a hybrid digital tower allows air traffic controllers manage new parts of the airport where direct visibility is restricted. The discussion also covers wider topics: the company's history, as it approaches its 20th anniversary factors behind a success in different contexts, like the Mi...

Smugglers use balloons to illegally carry cigarettes form Belarus to Lithuania and those balloons disturb the traffic at Vilnius airport! Vincent Lambercy discusses this with Saulius Batavicius , the CEO of Lithuanian ANSP Oro navigacija. Is this only smuggling or is there more behind that? Saulius also discusses how the ANSP works in the Borealis alliance and also with iTEC for the technical side...