Company profile
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, a subsidiary of KONGSBERG, is Norway’s premier supplier of defence and aerospace-related systems and solutions. Kongsberg is delivering a Remote Tower System to Avinor to control 15 airports from one Remote Tower Center (RTC). This is the largest Remote Tower contract in the world, and the contract also includes an option to expand the system to cover 36 airports. The Remote Tower system with the first airport was declared operational in October 2019. By the end of 2023, 15 airports will be remotely controlled from the RTC. In Menorca, Spain, Kongsberg together with its Spanish partner Gesnaer and the airport owner Aena, is implementing a digital control tower for Menorca airport, where the tower is operated by Enaire. In April 2022 Kongsberg and the City of Concord (North Carolina, USA) signed an agreement to install the Kongsberg Remote Towers solution at Concord-Padgett Regional Airport.