State ATM Corporation Signs Memorandum of Understanding with ENAV

The delegation of State ATM Corporation headed by Director General Igor Moiseenko has visited Italy’s air navigation services provider ENAV. Following negotiations held at ENAV headquarters in Rome, with the Italian side represented by ENAV CEO Roberta Neri, the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed, including Annexes providing for cooperation between State ATM Corporation and ENAV on a number of issues related to airspace design, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced ATM technologies.

The Russian delegates visited the ENAV Training Academy, where they got familiar with ATS staff training process, including ATC simulation. As part of their  visit to the ATC centre in Rome, State ATM Corporation experts were shown the practical implementation of the Free Route Airspace concept in Italian airspace. The meeting came as a follow-up to the dialogue between the two ANS providers that took place in October 2016 in Moscow. The negotiations were held in a spirit of partnership and mutual understanding, and outlined opportunities for deepening bilateral cooperation.