Global Airspace Radar

Christine Raab is a seasoned drone and defence strategist. She is Advisor to the Alliance for New Mobility Europe (AME), a leading European drone organisation and also an angel investor in the drone sector.
Her experience includes 10 years in EU drone regulation and before that 15 years in European security and defence policy-making including Executive Director for Drone Alliance Europe (DAE), Chairman of the European Security Round Table (ESRT), working in the European Parliament.
Christine joined our editor-in-chief, Claudia Bacco, to answer some tough questions about the state of the drone industry today. Topics you will learn about:
- Dual use between Civil and Military along with lesson learned transferral
- The importance of situational awareness and how we get there
- Connecting communities: B2B and B2C
- The state of EU regulation

Airspace World 2026 is in the books and the team takes a look back:
Vincent looks at the general impression and some technical progress
Kasia reports on space launches and training, mentioning this previous episode
Marita discusses her conversations about resilience and civil-military integration, the future of SESAR, and C-suite executive presence at the event
Claudia shares her thoughts on the Seamless Skies Awards, and challenges CANSO to create a space for start-ups in coming editions.
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Marie-Christine Cloutier is Vice President Strategy and Air Traffic Services at CAE. On this episode, sponsored by CAE, we discuss:
The need for Air Traffic Services professionals in the coming years, as reported in CAE’s 2025 Aviation Talent Forecast
CAE’s end-to-end training services ‒ from delivery to courseware modernization and consultancy
How CAE integrates new technologies like immersive 3D visualization and eye-tracking into air traffic services training
How CAE’s pilot training expertise drives synergies with air traffic services training ‒  mutually enhancing both disciplines

Airspace World is coming soon and the Global Airspace Radar editorial team looks ahead to their key areas of interest for this year:
AI across the industry - will it or won't it?
Integrated airspace management - drones, eVTOLs, HAPS, space and of course airplanes!
SESAR in the future and other regulatory aspects
New ways of training to bring more ATCOs onboard
And naturally, the Seamless Skies Awards!

Martin Rolfe, CEO of NATS National Air Traffic Services of the UK, and one of the longest serving CEOs of an ANSP in Europe talks with Global Airspace Radar editor Marita Lintener about his learnings during his career and the challenges for the sector.
They are unpacking the strategic topics of Air Traffic Management (ATM): Implementation of new technologies and integrated systems, the importance of space operations, introduction of Advanced Air Mobility and its business case, and his predictions for the impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Air Navigation Services. Do not miss the conversation concluding on future skills, appeal of the aviation sector in competitive job markets and how the ATM profession will look in 2035.