Industry Addendum
Aireon creates customer affairs leadership role
December 1st 2018
U.S. headquartered global aircraft surveillance and tracking company, Aireon LCC, has appointed Peter Cabooter to the new position of vice president customer affairs. Read More » Cabooter, whose CV includes executive positions at NAVBLUE (previously Airbus Prosky) and Harris Corporation subsidiary, Barco Orthogon, will support Aireon’s existing partnerships with Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSP) as well as signing up new air traffic management providers.
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“We are at the precipice of one of the company’s most important moments in its history,” said Aireon’s CEO, Don Thoma. “Being able to work with a company that is literally changing the entire air traffic management landscape is an honor. I can’t wait to help usher in this next generation of air traffic surveillance,” said Cabooter.
Vice president aviation services, Cyriel Kronenburg, will add the responsibilities of Aireon’s regulatory, marketing product development, commercial data services and partner development acitvities to his portfolio.
On December 30, the final Iridium NEXT satellite will be launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. Each NEXT satellite hosts an Aireon Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) payload.
Sixty of the 65 NEXT Iridium satellites in orbit are operational. The launch in December will add 10 satellites and lead to Aireon going live with its air traffic surveillance system in early 2019. Real time ADS-B tracking will cover oceanic, polar and remote regions as well as augmenting existing ground-based systems that are limited to terrestrial airspace.
