Modernization of the Unified Air Traffic Management System in Russia (EU ATM), within which several enlarged navigation centers were created, cost about 100 billion rubles. This was announced by the General Director of the Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz - Antey" Jan Novikov. According to him, as part of the modernization program, 12 enlarged centers of the unified air traffic management system and three special centers will be created and re-equipped by the end of 2022 - in Kaliningrad, Kamchatka and Crimea.
According to him, in 2022, the concern and the cooperative enterprises will complete a large-scale project for the construction, reconstruction and equipment of enlarged centers of the Unified Air Traffic Management System in Russia. "Significant work has been done to integrate advanced domestic defense technologies into the civilian sphere, thanks to this, the organization of safe air traffic in Russia has been brought to a fundamentally new level," Novikov said.
He noted that Almaz-Antey supplied equipment and performed work in the interests of the Russian air navigation system in the amount of about 100 billion rubles. "With the commissioning of the St. Petersburg enlarged center, we have completed the work on the enlargement of the EU ATM centers of Russia," Novikov said.
According to him, since January 26, the transition to direct air traffic control has begun from the workstations of the automated air traffic management system from the newly created enlarged center.
"The commissioning of the St. Petersburg Enlarged Center is a landmark event. The Concern has fulfilled its obligations under the program of consolidation of ATS centers in Russia. In addition, more than two hundred Russian airports are equipped with reliable domestic equipment," said Dmitry Savitsky, Deputy General Director for products for the air navigation system and dual-use products of the Almaz-Antey Concern of East Kazakhstan Region.
The EU ATM of Russia serves an area of over 26 million square kilometers. The length of the routes is more than 800 thousand kilometers. For these purposes, 95 air traffic control automation systems, about 800 units of surveillance equipment, as well as about 2000 units of navigation and landing equipment have been installed.
Alexander Stepanov