ENAIRE is Spain's national air navigation service provider, operating under the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. It manages and controls Spanish airspace, providing en-route control, communication, navigation, and surveillance services. ENAIRE is heavily involved in the development of U-Space, providing common information services for drone operations and urban air mobility and is also working with Airbus and other companies to develop new technologies and digital services to improve air navigation efficiency. Enaire and Indra have also formed a company, Startical, with the objective of deploying a constellation of small satellites that will enable surveillance and communication services to be provided.
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Indra Space and Enaire are developing the Startical initiative, a constellation of more than 200 satellites to provide communications, navigation, and surveillance from space.
Startical is a joint venture formed by Indra and Enaire for global air traffic management from orbit.
Fitea 2025 is supported by the Spanish Ministries of Education, Science, Innovation and Universities, and Transport and Sustainable Mobility, along with the Getafe City Council and companies such as Airbus, Indra, Iberia, Enaire, Ineco, and Senasa.
Startical, a Spanish company formed by Enaire and Indra, has successfully transmitted data between an aircraft and the air traffic control system using real-time VHF communications from space for the first time in the world.
Indra and Enaire selected GomSpace A/S to develop advanced satellites for global air traffic management under the Startical consortium.
The Startical project was announced by Indra and Enaire on 2021-05-18.
GomSpace A/S has been selected by Indra and Enaire’s Startical consortium to deliver a large-scale development and demonstration project for global air traffic management from space.