Thales announces the signing of a contract with the Angolan Air Traffic Services provider ENANA1 (Empresa Nacional de Exploração de Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea) to supply the latest version of its EUROCAT control centre and one Mode S radar to Luanda Airport.

SolaCom Wins Its 4th Excelor Award & 2nd Award in a Month

The Gatineau Chamber of Commerce honored SolaCom with its fourth Excelor award for business excellence

GATINEAU, QC, Canada December 23, 2008 - SolaCom Technologies, a communications solution company that enables interoperability over any network infrastructure, announces that it has been awarded the Gatineau Chamber of Commerces Excelor Award for best medium-sized business for 2008.

150 civil and military operational, regulatory and safety experts, representing Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) and National Aviation Authorities from across Europe, attended a one day seminar on 17th December, focusing on the safety and efficiency benefits gained from the deployment of Secondary Surveillance Radar (SSR) Mode S Enhanced Surveillance (EHS).

Changing culture is a tricky subject at the best of times, but aviation specialists agree that in order to improve safety in Europe's skies, it is crucial to change the Safety Culture within organisations.