In partnership with the joint venture Advanced Air Traffic Systems (AAT) and the Civil Aviation Authority Malaysia (CAAM), Leonardo has celebrated the completion of a new air traffic control centre in Kuala Lumpur, which will enhance the management of Malaysian airspace. The agreement was announced during this year’s World ATM Congress, which took place in Madrid from 26-28 October.
Named ‘KL ATCC’, the project will include the supply of Leonardo’s LeadInSky, a state-of-the-art ATC automation system, which is fully compliant with eh ICAO’s international aviation guidelines and regulations. The company will also exploit its world-leading technology to facilitate the integreation of communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (ATM) systems.
Fully integrated on a virtual platform, LeadInSky is based on a main operations centre, with a disaster and recovery component and a further backup system, which is continuously aligned with both to guarantee the highest level of fault tolerance and system availability.
CAAM’s new operations centre is also linked up with seven remote tower and the military Joint Air Traffic Control Centre (JATCC). With LeadInSky’s high level of automation and restructure of Malaysia’s airspace to add 14 new dedicated sectors, the overall ATC system will offer increased control capacity, making it fit for the next 10-15 years of operations.
The KL ATCC project has seen the installation of 12 new radio stations, three new secondary and two primary radars, a GNSS system and an ADS-B system, all integrated into the main centre. Leonardo has also provided a test environment system and a simulation solution for training current and future generations of Malaysian flight controllers.
Leonardo has been supplying the existing Malaysian ATC system through a full-service contract for 30 years, operating and Kuala Lumpur and all other airports nationwide. The company’s ongoing collaboration with AAT will spearhead new developments in Malaysia and the wider region to support the ICAO recommendations for the improvement of safety, efficiency and capacity, including ‘green’ compliance.
