The Irish Aviation Authority’s Aireon ALERT® service has been awarded the CANSO Global Safety Achievement Award 2020 (GASS) for its significant contribution to reducing aviation risk in the past 12 months. The award recognises excellence in air traffic management (ATM) safety.

The Clare-based, world’s first-ever, global emergency aircraft locating service has already been responsible for saving a life.

A new world-wide satellite-based tracking system that will allow emergency services locate a crashed aircraft has been launched in Co Clare.

Aireon has announced the successful completion of a service delivery point Site Acceptance Test (SAT) with the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA).