Aireon and UAE agree MOU for aviation surveillance data provision

Aireon, a US-based provider of space-based automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) data, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The deal is for the Gulf state “to study the applications of Aireon’s data for real-time surveillance, aviation safety, air navigation capacity and efficiency and aviation security, as well as in the promotion of aviation development, sustainability and innovation” and to set up a “framework for cooperation” between the two to “further examine the use of Aireon’s extensive product portfolio, including AireonFLOW air traffic management product, GPS monitoring, Aireon Locate