Leading industry players rally behind future-focused model for European ATM

ADB Safegate, Airtel ATN, Collins Aerospace, IFATSEA, and Tern Systems are the latest organisations to sign the joint statement supporting a shift to a new service delivery model for air traffic management (ATM) in Europe. The announcement was made at Airspace World 2025 in Lisbon on 13 May 2025, underscoring growing industry commitment to delivering a Digital European Sky.

The new service delivery model-based on a data-driven, cloud-based, service-oriented architecture (SOA)-is a key transformation lever of the European ATM Master Plan. It promises to unlock greater flexibility, resilience and scalability, making the aviation system more adaptable to change and able to integrate new services rapidly. Crucially, it will enable the decoupling of infrastructure from services, fostering openness, interoperability and greater innovation through the adoption of modular, multi-vendor solutions.

"These latest signatories bring additional weight and depth to the joint effort to reshape Europe's ATM landscape," said Andreas Boschen, Executive Director of the SESAR Joint Undertaking. "By committing to a shared vision for open, modular and cloud-native ATM systems, they are helping to lay the technical foundation for a more that is more flexible, resilient and ready to meet the evolving needs of Europe's airspace users, citizens and economy""

This latest wave of endorsements builds on the joint statement first launched in 2024, when CEOs of the A6 Alliance of air navigation service providers-COOPANS, DFS, DSNA, ENAIRE, ENAV, NATS, PANSA, and Skyguide-joined forces with leading ATM technology providers Frequentis, Indra, Leonardo, and Thales.

In early 2025, additional support came from air navigation service providers LVNL (Netherlands), Oro Navigacija (Lithuania), Avinor (Norway), EUROCONTROL, and professional association IFATCA.

The shared vision outlined in the joint statement aims to:

• Enable a modern and modular ATM architecture by decoupling services from infrastructure and leveraging cloud and data-driven technologies.
• Facilitate faster and more resilient service deployment through open platforms, interoperable interfaces, and greater system flexibility.

Lay the groundwork for future regulation and innovation by aligning ATM service delivery with practices from other safety-critical sectors. Stakeholders are committed to working together under the SESAR umbrella to make this transition a reality, while calling for the legal, regulatory, financial and standardisation frameworks needed to support the move.

Read the joint statement

More about the service delivery model and the ATM Master Plan