SUDAN’S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL NETWORK BEING UPDATED BY CANADIAN-GERMAN VENTURE

CANADIAN aviation technology company PolarSat and Germany’s BAY-SAT have been working together to update Sudan’s air traffic control network using a PolarSat satellite IP communications network. The companies are currently in Sudan, installing the network in 12 airports, as well as the country’s new central air navigation centre in the capital city of Khartoum. “About one third of sites have been installed with the remaining being completed within the next few months,” Ron Mankarious, PolarSat’s vice president of sales and marketing, told Jane’s ...


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