Category: Air Traffic Management

Airservices Australia has installed a temporary air traffic control tower trackside for the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide to provide traffic separation during the four day event. Staffed by Airservices controllers from the Adelaide Airport control tower, the event tower will manage hundreds of helicopter movements and high-speed flying displays by the RAAF Roulettes and an

Airservices Australia has announced that 14 new technical trainees have started their training course at Tafe NSW’s Riverina Institute, which will lead to careers with Airservices maintaining air traffic management infrastructure. The trainees will undergo a two year Diploma of Electronics and Communications Engineering at the Riverina Institute at its Wagga Wagga campus, joining 15

Airservices Australia announced on December 21 that it has completed its rollout of ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast) ground stations, effectively giving radar-like coverage across Australia. The nationwide ADS-B network, as well as a digital communications backbone to support it, became fully operational from midnight on December 18. “The successful delivery of these programs

Airservices Australia announced on December 17 that it has commissioned Australia’s first advanced surface movement radar, at Melbourne Airport. The $35 million Advanced Surface Movement Guidance and Control System (A-SMGCS) aggregates surveillance data from multiple sources and helps to improve controllers’ situational awareness of possible ground conflicts, particularly at night or during bad weather. This