Leonardo, ENAV Pair on Helicopter PBN
Leonardo
and ENAV, Italy’s air navigation service provider, have signed a letter of
intent aimed at modernizing helicopter airspace with advanced navigation
technologies, including the implementation of more performance-based
navigation (PBN). The agreement is expected to help facilitate the
implementation of urban air mobility in Italy and internationally.
Leonardo
and ENAV noted that satellite-based PBN has the potential to contribute to
airspace optimization, greater safety, and more precision and accuracy. It
also could reduce noise and carbon emissions via the use of more dedicated
and efficient routes.
The
partners will offer public and private sector helicopter operators advanced
navigation products and services while participating in the modernization of
relevant infrastructures. “Today, the air navigation infrastructures,
particularly procedures and airspace development, are designed mainly to
support fixed-wing aircraft flight operations, limiting rotary-wing aircraft’s
potential and versatility. Helicopters inherently feature great flexibility,”
they added.
Leonardo CEO Alessandro Profumo
said the agreement confirms Leonardo’s commitment to “contribute to Italy’s
growth and competitiveness by strengthening a critical infrastructure like
our sky, as well as the systems and rules regulating its use. We do this by
introducing innovation, digitalization, and procedures, which will come
closer and closer to the future of ‘urban air mobility’ scenarios.”
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