DANUBE FAB signs collaborative MoU with Aireon LLC on Satellite ADS-B

The opening day of the World ATM Congress 2017 was marked by the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between DANUBE FAB partner ANSPs BULATSA and ROMATSA and Aireon LLC.

The MoU establishes a framework for the Parties to create a collaborative relationship to discuss the potential deployment of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (“ADS-B”) surveillance services and applicable regulations and procedures in the Bulgarian and Romanian airspace.
BULATSA and ROMATSA are interested in assessing the use of space-based ADS-B capabilities and ascertaining how those ADS-B capabilities can improve air traffic management/air navigation services provision in DANUBE FAB.