The present and future of air traffic at the World ATM Congress

This year the World ATM Congress, attracting a turnout of over 7500, ran a complete lecture program to debate the current worldwide air-traffic panorama, the changes to confront, the challenges to rise to and the new uses of aviation.

Air traffic is expected to double by 2025; aeronautics is also one of the sectors that plows back the highest proportion of its earnings into R&D. New technologies are now facilitating a more interoperable and sustainable air traffic management, bringing the Single European Sky ever closer.

In this context GMV has showcased its ATM products at this sixth World ATM Congress. Pride of place here goes to the GNSS interference detector srx-10i, now deployed in 11 Spanish airports; the emil system for ground inspection of ILS and VOR radio aid; and the web app magicIFP for on-ground and in-flight validation of LPV approach procedures.

Organized by the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO) and the Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA), this year’s World ATM Congress was held from 6 to 8 March in Madrid’s tradefair site (Feria de Madrid) and housed more than 200 exhibitors.