Whatever the drivers for digital tower technology and whatever the deployment scenario, Aerosense can help ANSPs and airports design and deliver the optimal solution.
While cutting-edge technology is a key enabler for new operational concepts in ATC, it is far from the only element in a successful solution. Digital tower solutions are never “out of the box” but depend on the right combination of technology, technical implementation skills, operational and process know-how, training expertise, and regulatory knowledge. Aerosense provides all of these skillsets under a single roof, delivering comprehensive turnkey solutions.
Aerosense consulting expertise spans the key technological, operational, and organisational facets of designing, implementing, validating, and operating successful digital tower solutions. The Aerosense team covers every implementation stage from concept to operations, including ATS procedure adaptation and consulting, ATS training and transition, support during safety and regulatory approval, change management, and stakeholder management.
The Aerosense operational concepts for remote tower, multi remote tower, and virtual tower are based on years of hands-on work with customers, at some of the smallest remote airports and some of the world’s largest hubs.
By combining technical DNA from Frequentis and operational DNA from DFS, Aerosense offers a uniquely broad capability across advanced technology, technical integration services, and expert operational consulting.
What to expect
The implementation of a remote or virtual tower solution can typically be divided into four main stages: strategy and analysis; concept and planning; implementation; and operation.
Throughout any project, Aerosense provides clear communication and expert change management to optimise all interactions with internal and external stakeholders. In addition to maximising internal acceptance of the solution, the Aerosense approach prioritises safety and regulatory clearances to ensure a reliable, fully compliant outcome.
Aerosense follows a structured methodology that was designed, tested, and proven in customer projects. The planning stages conclude with a formal operational review of the design to help ensure that the proposed solution meets the functional and performance requirements. Long operational experience with digital tower systems enables Aerosense to demonstrate to stakeholders that designs are verifiable and that risks have been identified, characterised, and appropriately mitigated.
The Aerosense approach helps customers to develop and validate their own unique requirements – there is no one-size-fits-all solution – and create specific implementation plans and designs for controller working positions. Customers benefit from first-hand experience of remote and virtual tower projects, and from the Aerosense ethos of designing for controllers and their preferred working practices.
A thorough understanding of the underlying operational use cases enables Aerosense to support customers through the complex validation stages. With active participation in validation workshops and document reviews, Aerosense helps customers be confident of operational acceptance by controllers and of regulatory approval by the relevant external bodies.
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