AKCINE BENDROVE ORO NAVIGACIJA

Their core work

Oro Navigacija is Lithuania's air navigation service provider (ANSP), responsible for managing the country's airspace and providing air traffic control services. Within H2020, they are a prolific contributor to the SESAR programme — the EU's flagship initiative to modernize European air traffic management. Their work spans ATM architecture planning, airport operations optimization, remote tower technologies, drone airspace integration, and communication/navigation/surveillance systems. They bring operational ANSP expertise to large-scale validation and demonstration activities across virtually every major SESAR work package.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In SESAR Wave 1 (2016–2019), Oro Navigacija joined broadly across nearly all SESAR work packages — from systems engineering methodology (PJ22 SEabird) and master planning (PJ20 AMPLE) to foundational airport and airspace modules. In Wave 2 (2019–2023), their focus sharpened toward architecture integration and content management (PJ19-W2, their largest funded project at €746K), digital tower technologies (PJ05-W2), and the emerging domain of drone integration into controlled airspace (PJ13-W2 ERICA). The trajectory shows a shift from broad operational validation toward strategic ATM architecture roles and new airspace entrants like RPAS.

Moving toward strategic architecture roles and preparing their airspace infrastructure for unmanned aircraft integration — positioning themselves at the intersection of traditional ATM and new entrants.

How they like to work

Oro Navigacija operates exclusively as a participant, never coordinating — typical for national ANSPs in SESAR, where the Joint Undertaking sets the programme structure. With 142 unique partners across 27 countries and 33 projects, they are deeply embedded in the European ATM community and work comfortably in very large consortia (SESAR projects routinely involve 20+ partners). Their breadth of participation across nearly every SESAR work package makes them a reliable, well-connected partner familiar with the full ATM ecosystem.

Extensively networked across 27 countries with 142 unique consortium partners — essentially connected to every major ANSP, ATM industry player, and research organization in the SESAR ecosystem. Geographic reach spans all of Europe with no particular sub-regional bias.

What sets them apart

As Lithuania's national ANSP, Oro Navigacija offers something few partners can: direct operational authority over a country's airspace, combined with deep SESAR programme experience across 33 projects. For consortium builders, this means access to a real operational environment for validation and demonstration activities — particularly valuable for testing remote tower concepts, drone integration procedures, and new ATM tools in a mid-sized European airspace. Their participation breadth also means they understand how different SESAR solutions interconnect, making them an effective integration partner.

Highlights from their portfolio

• PJ19-W2 CI
  Their largest funded project (€746K), focused on ATM architecture integration and cost-benefit analysis — indicates their growing strategic role in SESAR planning.
• PJ13-W2 ERICA
  Addresses RPAS insertion into controlled airspace with detect-and-avoid capabilities — signals their preparation for managing drones alongside manned aviation.
• PJ20 AMPLE
  Master Plan Maintenance for the Single European Sky — positions them at the heart of long-term European ATM strategy and roadmap development.