Safety is Indra’s priority mission

North Africa is a key region for Indra, which provides proprietary solutions in specific segments of the transport and defence markets.

The company, which has offices in Morocco, Algeria, and Libya, has provided 5,700 air traffic management installations to 180 countries globally.

It has been operating in Morocco for more than 20 years and has been collaborating with the Moroccan Airports Authority (ONDA) for more than a decade to permanently modernise the country’s air traffic management systems.

In Algeria, the company is the main technological partner of Établissement National de la Navigation Aérienne (ENNA), Algeria’s air navigation service provider (ANSP).

“In 2018, Indra undertook the renewal of Algeria’s entire air traffic management infrastructure within a project which, given its size and ambitious scope, will place ENNA – the state air navigation service provider – at the forefront worldwide in terms of safety, efficiency, capacity and respect for the environment,” said Guillermo Rosello, Indra’s ATM director for Africa.

The project encompasses the modernisation of the existing control centres and the creation of a new one, plus the deployment of radar and automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (ADS-B) systems.

Indra is also working with Algeria’s neighbour, Tunisia.

“We have operated for 12 years without interruption with the Tunisian Civil Aviation and Airports Authority (OACA, Office de l’Aviation Civile et des Aéroports),” said Rosello.

“Indra has modernised most of the air traffic management systems in the country and has also provided it with a dense network of primary and secondary radar and ADS-B systems that make this airspace one of the safest in the world.”

Rosello said the company trains and employs local personnel for most of its activities in the region, adding that these staff bring “enormous value” to both technical and corporate tasks and form an integral part of the company’s culture.’

“In our Algerian subsidiary, for example, we train young engineers and provide rapid advancement for them within the framework of the smart start programme,” he concluded.