Farnborough Airport is to be the first UK airport to adopt a next generation ‘hybrid’ digital control tower working position, as part of a new project with air traffic service provider, NATS and the digital tower platform supplier, Searidge Technologies. The new digital working capability will provide the airport’s controllers with enhancements to manage aircraft both by direct visual reference from the control tower window as they do today, and via fully interactive panoramic video presentation on screen displaying key parts of the airfield. Strategically placed ultra-high-definition cameras will provide the controllers with customisable views of the airfield, including around