A NEW Air Traffic Management (ATM) system is up and running at RAF Shawbury, with variants of the system intended to be rolled out across more than 60 UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) sites in the UK and overseas - including Cyprus, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands -by 2024. In a January 7 announcement, the MOD confirmed that the new ATM equipment, which has been installed as part of a ￡1.5bn contract, was now operational and was providing controllers with "improved situational awareness" of the airspace. Around 300 jobs have been secured in Fareham and other areas of the country since the contract was first awarded in 2014 to Aquila Air Traffic Management Services, a joint venture between Thales and National Air Traffic Services.
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