https://spacewatch.global/tag/flight-information-region-fir/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:00:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/flight-information-region-fir/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2019/12/africas-asecna-and-aerion-agree-on-ads-b-satellite-use-for-air-navigation-and-safety/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 06:00:14 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17842 Following nearly two years of collaboration on terrestrial surveillance between the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) and Aireon, the two organizations have concluded the use of space-based ADS-B for surveillance services beginning 1 January 2020 within the six flight information regions (FIRs) of ASECNA: Antananarivo, Brazzaville, Dakar Terrestrial, Dakar Oceanic, N'djamena and Niamey.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2018/01/asecna-deploy-space-based-ads-b-western-central-africa/ Thu, 11 Jan 2018 05:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=7060 Aireon announced on January 9, 2018, that it has signed a data services agreement with the Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA). ASECNA, created in December 1959 is an international public organization of 18 members States which headquarters is located in Dakar, Senegal. ASECNA’s members states are: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroun, […]]]> https://spacewatch.global/2017/09/turkish-ansp-aireon-collaborate-real-time-space-based-ads-b-implementation/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 07:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=5690 Aireon has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI), Turkey’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). DHMI has agreed to collaborate with Aireon and intends to utilize space-based ADS-B to augment its current surveillance capabilities and also utilize it as a contingency layer in […]]]>