Remote tower operationsprimary
2 projects
Central contributor to PJ05 Remote Tower for Multiple Airports and PJ05-W2 Digital Technologies for Tower, both focused on operating multiple airports from a single remote tower center.
Organization
AVINOR FLYSIKRING AS
Norway's air navigation service provider, specializing in remote tower operations and digital ATM technologies through the SESAR programme.
Infrastructure providertransportNONo active H2020 projects
H2020 projects
5
As coordinator
0
Total EC funding
—
Unique partners
75
What they do
Their core work
Avinor Flysikring is Norway's air navigation service provider (ANSP), responsible for safe and efficient air traffic control across Norwegian airspace and airports. Within H2020, they contribute operational expertise to SESAR Joint Undertaking projects focused on modernizing European air traffic management — particularly remote tower operations, controller workstation design, and airspace management. Their role as a third-party contributor reflects their position as an end-user validating new ATM concepts in real operational environments, including Norway's challenging geography of dispersed regional airports.
Core expertise
What they specialise in
Air traffic controller HMI designprimary
2 projects
Contributed to PJ16 CWP/HMI on controller working positions and PJ05-W2 which explicitly addresses HMI for aerodrome controllers.
Airspace management and integrationsecondary
2 projects
Participated in PJ08 Advanced Airspace Management and PJ19 Content Integration, both addressing system-level ATM coordination.
Digital tower technologiesemerging
1 project
PJ05-W2 Digital Technologies for Tower (2019-2023) signals a shift toward digitalization of tower services beyond basic remote operations.
Evolution & trajectory
How they've shifted over time
Early focus
Broad ATM modernization
Recent focus
Digital remote tower systems
Avinor's early SESAR involvement (2016-2019) spanned broad ATM modernization topics — airspace management, content integration, and controller interfaces — reflecting a generalist ANSP contributing across the SESAR programme. Their later work (2019-2023) narrows sharply toward remote and digital tower technologies, with explicit keywords around remote tower centers, multiple airport operations, and aerodrome controller HMI. This progression from broad ATM participation to deep remote tower specialization mirrors Norway's real-world leadership in deploying remote towers for its many small regional airports.
Avinor is deepening its focus on digital tower technologies and multi-airport remote operations — a partner of choice for anyone working on the future of unmanned or centralized tower services.
Collaboration profile
How they like to work
Role: third_party_expertReach: European24 countries collaborated
Avinor participates exclusively as a third party across all five projects, meaning they contribute operational validation and domain expertise through a SESAR member rather than leading or directly contracting with the EU. Despite this indirect role, they connect to 75 unique partners across 24 countries, indicating they sit within large SESAR consortia with broad European reach. This third-party pattern is typical of national ANSPs who provide irreplaceable real-world operational input but leave programme management to SESAR members.
Connected to 75 partners across 24 countries through SESAR consortia, giving them exposure to virtually all major European ATM players — other ANSPs, equipment manufacturers, and research organizations. Their network is broad but mediated through the SESAR framework rather than built through direct bilateral partnerships.
Why partner with them
What sets them apart
Norway operates one of Europe's most geographically challenging airspaces — with dozens of small regional airports spread across fjords, mountains, and Arctic territory. This makes Avinor a uniquely credible validation partner for remote tower and digital ATM concepts, because they are deploying these systems operationally, not just testing them in simulation. For any consortium developing remote tower, digital tower, or distributed ATM solutions, Avinor offers something rare: a national ANSP that is already a live adopter.
Notable projects
Highlights from their portfolio
- PJ05 Remote TowerDirectly addresses Avinor's core operational challenge — managing multiple small airports from a centralized remote tower, a concept Norway has pioneered in real deployment.
- PJ05-W2 DTTThe Wave 2 continuation into digital tower technologies (2019-2023) shows sustained commitment and evolution from basic remote towers to full digitalization of tower services.
- PJ16 CWP HMIController workstation and human-machine interface design is critical for safe remote operations — this project feeds directly into Avinor's operational needs for intuitive controller tools.
Cross-sector capabilities
Digital infrastructure and remote operationsHuman factors and HMI designSafety-critical systems integrationArctic and extreme-environment operations
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