Poland's PANSA and Saab Drive Next-Generation Air Traffic Control

Poland enters the digital airspace era PANSA and Saab drive next-generation air traffic control

2025-07-14 Source: Press release 2 min Reading Time

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Poland is taking a major step towards digitalising its aviation infrastructure. Saab has been selected by the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) to deliver the country's first Remote Tower system. Once implemented, air traffic at Warsaw-Modlin Airport will be controlled from a central operations centre in Warsaw – a milestone for digital air traffic management in Eastern Europe.

Saab’s Remote Tower operations centre: high-resolution visual feeds and advanced controller interfaces enable air traffic control from a centralised location – even across multiple airports.(Bild: Saab) — Saab’s Remote Tower operations centre: high-resolution visual feeds and advanced controller interfaces enable air traffic control from a centralised location – even across multiple airports.
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The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (PANSA) has chosen Saab to deliver a next-generation digital tower system for Warsaw-Modlin Airport. The agreement marks a historic development in the country’s aviation sector: air traffic at Modlin will no longer be managed from a conventional tower at the airport, but remotely from a dedicated control centre located in Warsaw.

The system will be based on Saab’s advanced Digital Tower Suite, featuring ultra-high-resolution 4K cameras for both day and night operations, a multilateration (MLAT) system for precise flight tracking, and next-gen visualisation tools for air traffic controllers. “This is more than a technological leap – it's a fundamental shift in how we think about air traffic safety and efficiency,” said PANSA CEO Magdalena Jaworska-Maćkowiak.

With this decision, Poland joins a growing number of European countries adopting remote tower concepts. Germany, for example, operates a remote tower centre in Leipzig, serving multiple regional airports. The UK, Sweden, and Norway have also made strides in virtual tower deployment – with Sweden pioneering the technology in 2015 at Örnsköldsvik Airport.

“We are proud to support PANSA in their transformation journey,” said Cecilia Larsson, CEO of Saab Air Traffic Management AB. “Digital remote control is not only a state-of-the-art solution – it’s also scalable and future-ready, paving the way for AI features and integration with unmanned traffic systems.”Indeed, the Warsaw-based operations centre is designed to handle more than one airport in the future. This model allows for harmonised safety and operational standards across regions while significantly reducing the infrastructure footprint and costs – an important benefit, particularly for regional airports with lower traffic volumes.

Additional advantages of digital towers include enhanced situational awareness, all-weather operational capability, and the ability to provide consistent service levels regardless of local conditions. Saab’s system is already in use in Sweden, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US – with a strong track record in both civil and military applications. Poland’s move supports broader European objectives set by the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) initiative, which promotes the digital transformation of air traffic control across the continent.

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