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France’s DSNA signs MOU with Aireon

Aireon has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Direction des Services de la Navigation Aérienne (DSNA), France’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). DSNA will now begin evaluating the technical and operational concepts of deploying space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in its airspace. This will include assessing the increased safety, efficiency and reduced environmental impact benefits.


March 14, 2017  By Aireon

As a core member of the Central European Functional Airspace Block (FABEC), DSNA manages one of the busiest airspaces in Europe, controlling more than 3 million flights throughout its airspace in 2016, including five continental Air Traffic Control Centres. DSNA is also in charge of managing airspaces which include French Polynesia Oceanic airspace, New Caledonia airspace, Antilles-French Guiana, a portion of the Indian Ocean and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, some of them including vast amounts of oceanic airspaces that currently have limited surveillance. The MOU will allow DSNA to evaluate the impact of Aireon’s real-time, accurate aircraft surveillance on the safety and efficiency in this airspace.

“Aireon’s real-time surveillance capability could offer intriguing possibilities in-terms of overall cost-benefits, predominantly in areas of safety and efficiency; there is also the potential for terrestrial infrastructure redundancy and new surveillance provided throughout less than hospitable terrain,” said Philippe Barnola, director of strategy and investments, DSNA.  “We are excited to bring our experience in managing a wide range of challenging airspace, as a contribution to the Aireon system’s performances assessment.”

“DSNA’s assessment of Aireon’s capabilities is confirmation of their commitment to always offer best-in-class service and technology to their customers and their employees,” said Cyriel Kronenburg, vice president of aviation services, Aireon. “France has unique airspace responsibilities that span every hemisphere, through their regional centres. Aireon is exclusively able to provide one system that can support all their global-operational airspace, either as a primary solution for oceanic and remote airspace surveillance, or as a secondary-contingency solution to existing terrestrial-based surveillance systems.  We look forward to the results of their assessment.”

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