Frequentis DFS Aerosense to supply virtual tower validation system at Munich Airport

Frequentis DFS Aerosense has been awarded a contract to install a virtual tower validation system at Munich Airport, following an international tender. The initial phase of the project will determine whether larger airports such as Munich are suitable for a virtual tower system from an operational and technical perspective, with the evaluation to be carried out in 2025. Subsequent specific use cases will then be defined. The working environment of the virtual tower will be housed at DFS’ Munich branch, using data obtained from cameras mounted on the existing control tower, which will transmit the information to high-resolution screens. ""DFS has been operating remote tower systems successfully for many years. Air traffic at Saarbrücken and Erfurt Weimar airports has been controlled since 2018 and 2022 respectively from the DFS Remote Tower Control Center in Leipzig hundreds of kilometres away,” explained DFS CEO Amdt Scoenemann. “As Munich Airport is an important international hub, the virtual tower there will enable us to explore its potential and offer an opportunity to take a further step towards more digitalisation in the air traffic control world."" Frequentis CEO Norbert Haslacher added he hopes the project will “open up a wide range of potential applications and serve as an international flagship project”.