Global Airspace Radar

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122

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Jun 2026

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The podcast by Global Airspace Radar, covering all aspects of air traffic management, unmanned traffic management, high altitude operations, and all aspects of airspace!

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June 9, 2026Episode 1938 min

Season 6 - 19 - Christine Raab, drone and defence strategist answers some tough questions

Christine Raab is a seasoned drone and defence strategist. She is Advisor to the Alliance for New Mobility Europe (AME), a leading European drone organisation and also an angel investor in the drone sector.Her experience includes 10 years in EU drone regulation and before that 15 years in European security and defence policy-making including Executive Director for Drone Alliance Europe (DAE), Chairman of the European Security Round Table (ESRT), working in the European Parliament.Christine joined our editor-in-chief, Claudia Bacco, to answer some tough questions about the state of the drone industry today. Topics you will learn about:- Dual use between Civil and Military along with lesson learned transferral- The importance of situational awareness and how we get there- Connecting communities: B2B and B2C- The state of EU regulation

June 2, 2026Episode 1821 min

Season 6 - 18 - Debriefing Airspace World with Global Airspace Radar

Airspace World 2026 is in the books and the team takes a look back:Vincent looks at the general impression and some technical progressKasia reports on space launches and training, mentioning this previous episodeMarita discusses her conversations about resilience and civil-military integration, the future of SESAR, and C-suite executive presence at the eventClaudia shares her thoughts on the Seamless Skies Awards, and challenges CANSO to create a space for start-ups in coming editions.What was your highlight from the show?

May 26, 2026Episode 1717 min

Season 6 - 17 - Marie-Christine Cloutier - CAE Air Traffic Services training

Marie-Christine Cloutier is Vice President Strategy and Air Traffic Services at CAE. On this episode, sponsored by CAE, we discuss:The need for Air Traffic Services professionals in the coming years, as reported in CAE’s 2025 Aviation Talent ForecastCAE’s end-to-end training services ‒ from delivery to courseware modernization and consultancyHow CAE integrates new technologies like immersive 3D visualization and eye-tracking into air traffic services trainingHow CAE’s pilot training expertise drives synergies with air traffic services training ‒ mutually enhancing both disciplines

May 12, 2026Episode 1618 min

Season 6 - 16 - Looking forward to Airspace World with Global Airspace Radar

Airspace World is coming soon and the Global Airspace Radar editorial team looks ahead to their key areas of interest for this year:AI across the industry - will it or won't it?Integrated airspace management - drones, eVTOLs, HAPS, space and of course airplanes!SESAR in the future and other regulatory aspectsNew ways of training to bring more ATCOs onboardAnd naturally, the Seamless Skies Awards!

May 5, 2026Episode 1553 min

Season 6 - 15 - Martin Rolfe - CEO, NATS

Martin Rolfe, CEO of NATS National Air Traffic Services of the UK, and one of the longest serving CEOs of an ANSP in Europe talks with Global Airspace Radar editor Marita Lintener about his learnings during his career and the challenges for the sector.They are unpacking the strategic topics of Air Traffic Management (ATM): Implementation of new technologies and integrated systems, the importance of space operations, introduction of Advanced Air Mobility and its business case, and his predictions for the impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Air Navigation Services. Do not miss the conversation concluding on future skills, appeal of the aviation sector in competitive job markets and how the ATM profession will look in 2035.

April 28, 2026Episode 1413 min

Season 6 - 14 - Heather Arneson & Jeff Homola - NASA

In today’s episode, two guests from NASA Ames Research Center - Heather Arneson, Deputy Project Manager for Execution of the Air Traffic Management and Safety Project, and Jeff Homola, Aeronautics Researcher and Higher Airspace Traffic Management Concept Lead speak with Global Airspace Radar editor Katarzyna Żmudzińska about high-altitude traffic management.Heather and Jeff explain that high-altitude operations are meant to take place at altitudes from 50,000 feet, well above traditional air traffic, and that there are numerous promising use cases currently being explored, such as imagery, emergency response and telecommunications.The guests also explain why high-altitude traffic management is very different from traditional Air Traffic Control (ATC), and what is being done to develop safe and efficient coordination between high-altitude and conventional air traffic.

April 21, 2026Episode 1326 min

Season 6 - 13 - Nicki Harricharan, CANSO - The important link between operations and safety

Nicki Harricharan - Operations Programme Manager, CANSO talks with Global Airspace Radar, Editor-in-Chief Claudia Bacco about the importance of operations and safety being an integrated effort within our industry.This topic spans beyond traditional air navigation service provider (ANSP) activities related to air traffic management and unmanned traffic management integration. Today the presence of drones is increasing along with the introduction of advanced air mobility, high altitude operations and space traffic. The conversation considers the implications of this shift in traffic and concepts to ensure safety remains the top priority as this evolution occurs.There's also a look toward the upcoming Airspace World, 26 - 28 May in Lisbon.

April 14, 2026Episode 1233 min

Season 6 - 12 - Thomas Neubauer, Dimetor - Drone detection and telecom networks

Thomas Neubauer, CEO of Dimetor discusses with Vincent Lambercy about the latest progresses in drone detection technology. This episode covers various technologies that can be used but also Dimetor speciality: extracting intelligence from telecom data.When drones are controlled using 5G networks, simple RF-scanners can't detect them anymore. Identifying drone-related traffic in the flow of 5G data is possible using artificial intelligence and seeing the network as a sensor.An interesting second use case is detecting GNSS jamming and spoofing, which is also a growing concern for aviation.

April 7, 2026Episode 1124 min

Season 6 - 11 - Report from xponential Europe 2026

Philip Butterworth-Hayes, Publisher of Unmanned Airspace and Urban Air Mobility News, turns the tables and interviews Claudia Bacco, Editor-in-Chief, Global Airspace Radar about the recent xponential Europe conference and exhibition.The discussion looks at what's different about the topics covered during this event, the event itself - hot or not, and a bit of a side step in cybersecurity. It isn't the same conversation about why it's taking so long for drones to scale in Europe!

March 31, 2026Episode 1033 min

Season 6 - 10 - Is Spain leading the way toward High Altitude Operations (HAO)?

Sergio Diaz Martinez, Business Development and Strategic Projects, Technology Park of Fuerteventura and Juanjo Sola, Chief Regulatory Office, Murzilli Consulting bring our Editor-in-Chief, Claudia Bacco up to speed on their answers to this question. Do you already know about the Technology Park and their role in Canarias Geo Innovation Program 2030? You'll learn more about their work and the opportunities they are supporting to bring new concepts to life. One of the areas discussed is airspace risk assessment.Airspace risk assessment is also an area Murzilli Consulting has supported in their work with U-space and SORA implementation work. If you are following this topic, then you understand the importance of solving this challenge not only for high altitude operations (HAO), but to scale the drone industry.There's a lot of interesting work taking place in Spain, to help us get there. Listen and learn more....