GRICAS Operational Concept Workshop
The second workshop of the GRICAS Project (Galileo Search and Rescue Return Link Improvement for a better Civil Aviation Safety) took place last 12th and 13th of July at PildoLabs premises. GRICAS is a European Commission Horizon 2020 Project that aims at designing a future end-to-end Demonstration and performance evaluation of in-flight activation of Search and […]
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5Lives Advisory Group (FLAG) first meeting
Supporting the harmonization of Rotorcraft EGNSS IFR Operations in Europe Last June 16th, PildoLabs and UK Branch PildoLabs Wessex led the first meeting of the 5Lives Advisory Group (FLAG) in Barcelona, Spain. The FLAG Group aims to harmonize the implementation of Rotorcraft EGNSS IRF Operations at European level by providing support to 5Lives Project and […]
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Succesful Helicopter RNP-AR simulations
The Swiss Helicopter Emergency and Medical Services (HEMS) operator REGA has successfully tested in the AW109SP Full Flight Simulator the most challenging Performance Based Navigation (PBN) procedures today existing for the aviation industry: RNP-AR. The procedure was tested in Switzerland last 9th of June. RNP-AR procedures have the particularity of containing a curved segment in the final approach […]
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Pildo Labs hosts PBN Workshop
Last 19th and 20th of May, Pildo Labs held a PBN (Performance based navigation) Workshop within the frame of the CaBilAvi Project, which aims to provide Capacity Building for the European countries currently benefiting from EGNOS coverage. The workshop counted with the participation of Representatives of the balkan countries from the Civil Aviation Authority of Montenegro, […]
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EGNOS present at the ICAO PBN workshop
During the first week of April the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) organised in Minsk a workshop dedicated to PBN implementation and procedure design provisions. The event was attended by representatives coming from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Italy, Kazakhstan, Republic of Moldova and Russian Federation. The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and Pildo Labs took part in […]
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Magnific project takes off in Africa
On 10 February 2015 the MAGNIFIC Project (Multiplying in Africa European Global Navigation Initiatives) has been launched. It is a project funded by the European GNSS Agency in the frame of H2020 Space programme. MAGNIFIC aims at promoting an African EGNOS and Galileo Early services, and supporting the awareness and capacity building in Africa to […]
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EGNOS Flights by Pildo Labs, ONDA & DHMI
On December 2014, Pildo Labs, in cooperation with the national air navigation service providers (ONDA and DHMI) and local operators, performed the first EGNOS approaches (APV SBAS) at Tetouan and Balikesir airports. The Tetouan demonstration counted as well with the support of the commercial airline Royal Air Maroc Express. In the Moroccan case, this is the second […]
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