From the 16th to the 22nd of September many politicians, companies and individuals celebrated this year’s European Mobility Week, ironically, in a year where mobility has been reduced to unprecedented levels. As a result, this year we are more aligned than...

We are ready for school! This week is the second summer school organised by the Engage KTN the SESAR Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), rather than the usual physical event, this year will be a virtually run event in the Autumn. It is set to be a great gathering of PhD...

Back in June we updated our website to include a Remote and Digital Towers resources page, this included Think’s first-of-its-kind map of Digital Tower projects which uses a unique dataset to help to visualise the current landscape of this concept. Despite...

Think MD, Conor Mullan will moderate a webinar tomorrow (11th August ) on ‘The Role of Digital Towers in Future Air Traffic Management’.The webinar is being run by Airport Show Insights and ATC Forum at 2pm and will include guest speakers from SAAB Digital...

This month we are looking forward to welcoming Tom Casson to the Think team. Tom is joining us from the University of Bath where he is currently studying for his BA in Business Administration. Throughout the next 6 months, Tom will be working on the QFIR...

For many years now, if someone asked us to picture the future, flying cars were one of the first things to come to mind.  But Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is much more than “flying cars”. UAM is the challenge of safely and securely integrating drones, of ever-increasing...

Last week, Think ATM Consultant, James Lewis took part in the first stage of the  MIT virtual 2020 STAMP Workshop which will continue over the next two weeks.STAMP is a new causality model that is based on systems theory. It focuses on systems as a whole...

Think have been working with NATS on the feasibility and options for implementing a world's first Optimised Mixed Mode TBS tool at Gatwick harnessing the latest system integration possibilities.The project has recently completed the Feasibility and Options...

We are pleased to announce that Rifayat Miah has ‘virtually joined’ the Think team this week and will be working with us remotely throughout July and August. Rifayat is an Economics graduate and is currently studying her Master’s degree in International...

Think is delighted to have been awarded a contract for a catalyst project from SESAR’s Engage Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN). Project RoMiAD (Role of Markets in AAS Deployment) is designed to investigate the economic benefits of implementing the...

Between June 2019 and February 2020, Think Consultants Sarah McLarty and Jonathan Twigger led the planning and execution of a series of five multi-day simulation activities to support the iterative development of the Intelligent Approach (IA)...

It has just been announced that Think, ATM Consultant, Rory Hedman has been appointed as the co-chair of the CANSO Smart Digital Tower Task Force, having recently held the position of secretary of the SDT TF. Speaking about his new role Rory said:“In my...

Between July 2019 and March 2020, Think Consultant Jonathan Twigger held the role of Solution Lead for the Wake Turbulence Separation Optimisation SESAR Solution (PJ.02-01) on behalf of NATS. He submitted the PJ.02-01 data pack to the H2020 portal on 31st...

We are pleased to announce that Think Director, Paul Ravenhill accepted an invitation to join this year’s programme committee for the 10th SESAR Innovation Days (SIDs) to be held virtually The SIDs are an important conference in ATM research with the aim...

Throughout December and January, Think ATM Consultant Sarah McLarty, has been busy leading a set of Real Time Simulations (RTS), helping to develop and assess a tool which aims to increase awareness of traffic soon to be within a controller's...

Think ATM Consultants Sarah Cavanagh and Sarah McLarty recently took a trip to Amsterdam to visit LVNL, the Air Traffic Control provider for the Netherlands. Think have been tasked by NATS with leading their upcoming development simulations for...

EUROCONTROL has selected Think Research to provide validation, human factors and simulation support to its Real-Time-Simulation for DHMİ's FRATURK (Turkish Free Routes Airspace) project.  With 12 weeks of simulation including 23 measured sectors and close...

As part of their ongoing support to Gatwick Airport, Think have recently provided safety assurance consultancy as part of the airport’s development consent order to bring the existing Northern Runway into routine use.Think have been providing consultancy...

On Friday, Think MD Conor Mullan met with The Right Honourable Conor Burns, Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West and Minister of State in the Department for International Trade. Also present was Sir Robert Syms, Member of Parliament for...

Think are proud to be working with NATS and Leidos to develop the Intelligent Approach (IA) concept for Schiphol airport.  We are looking forward to helping calibrate the IA Tool for Schiphol airspace and operations ready for simulation in early 2020.   ...

This week two of our Think ATM Consultants attended a ‘speed networking’ careers events at QE School in Wimborne. Rory Hedman and Sarah Cavanagh joined a group of 20 Employers from the Dorset area to speak to 400 Year 9 students all in one morning! The aim of the...

Think Managing Director, Conor Mullan, will be leading a panel discussion during the Airport Development and Sustainability conference stream at Airport Exchange 2019 in Abu Dhabi next week. Conor will be leading the ‘Digital Towers Panel’ which will...

On Thursday 31st October Think ATM Director, Paul Ravenhill and ATM Consultant, Elizabet Pavlova, attended the EASA workshop on the Conformity Assessment at the EASA HQ in Cologne Germany. The workshop was attended by a large group of...

Just in case you missed it, why not check out Think's contribution to the first issue of ‘Airport Performance Insights’ magazine. Think Director, Paul Ravenhill and ATM Consultant, Elizabet Pavlova, discuss the increasing pressures upon...