UK Royal Navy To Adopt Saab Remote Tower Technology

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An example of how the remote air traffic control module at Culdrose could look.
Credit: Saab
The UK Royal Navy is to use Saab’s remote air traffic control tower technology to manage a remote satellite airfield in Cornwall. The Navy wants to install the remote tower at Predannack airfield and manage the facility from its air station at Culdrose, 5 nm away. This would be the first UK defense...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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