Germany Integrates Civil, Military Air Traffic Management in its Airspace
Germany
integrated civil and military air traffic management in its upper airspace
Germany: The north-west of Germany
has been deployed with integrated civil and military air navigation services in
the Hannover Upper Information Region (UIR) – the upper airspace (above
24,500ft) by the air traffic controllers at The European Organisation for the Safety
of Air Navigation Eurocontrol’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC).
The integration of the German
Airspace has been done to facilitate the air traffic management system for both
civil and military airspace users and also to attain economies of scale for all
the involved parties.
The Defence Secretary of the
Federal Republic of Germany, Gerd Hoofe said, “The civil-military integration
of air navigation services has been a well-known feature of operations in the
Federal Republic of Germany for more than 20 years. The integration of
operational air traffic in the Hannover Upper Area Information Region continues
the tradition of jointly managed air navigation services within Germany.”
According to Eurocontrol
Director General Frank Brenner, the next vital step for MUAC would be to
complete the integration of civil and military in the upper airspace of the
Amsterdam FIR by the first half of 2017.
TechSci Research depicts that
this implementation is a major step towards the successful civil-military
integration project in the entire German airspace. As well, such initiates by
various leading nations across the globe would greatly help in avoiding air
traffic congestion and would facilitate air traffic management across the
globe.
According to the recent
published by TechSci Research “Global
Traffic Management Market By
Transportation Mode, By System Type, By Region, Competition Forecast and
Opportunities, 2011-2021”, global traffic management market is projected to
surpass US $ 22 billion by 2021. In 2015, North America was the leading
regional market for traffic management due to implementation of stringent
government initiatives supporting use of Intelligent Transportation System
(ITS), growing need to reduce traffic congestion and accidents, coupled with
increasing utilization of traffic data for traffic control in real-time. On
account of rising population, growing demand for public transit vehicles,
surging automobile sales, and rising demand for air travel, Asia-Pacific is expected
to witness fastest growth in its traffic management market during the forecast
period.