Dassault Aviation
To deal with the health crisis linked to COVID-19, Dassault Aviation has made Falcon business jets available to the French Defence Ministry as part of the Operation Resilience intended to supply logistics and medical support for civilian coronavirus control activities. The company is also participating in the system set up by Aviation Sans Frontières (ASF) to transport medical personnel or medical equipment. Dassault Aviation has also donated 130,000 masks to France’s hospitals.
EUROCONTROL
EUROCONTROL has produced two scenarios to illustrate the possible impact of the extent to which “COVID-compliant operational procedures” for airlines and airports are common across all European States. If airlines have to comply with one set of regulations on departure and another set when the flight arrives in another state, then this will be particularly onerous on the industry, the factsheet states.
EUROCONTROL Member States have agreed a financial package enabling airlines to defer the payment of up to €1.1 billion of air traffic control fees due for payment to Europe’s air traffic management industry in the coming months.
Frequentis
Frequentis is working with public safety organisations across Europe, who are facing up to five times more emergency calls, to ensure their systems can meet this increased demands. In the area of air traffic management, the company is working with its client ANSPs to help set up contingency control rooms in case of contamination of the operational control room. Frequentis is also focusing on recovery and post crisis scenarios together with its customers, making use of Virtual Centre technologies and Remote Digital Towers to provide uninterrupted ATC services at all times.
Honeywell
The company is using some of its Aerospace manufacturing facilities for the production of N95 respirators. Honeywell’s ramp up of personal protection equipment (PPE) manufacturing at sites like this is designed to help get PPE into the hands of those who need it most, including the health care workers and first responders working on the front lines to combat the spread of COVID-19.
Indra
To mitigate the impact of the virus, Indra’s command and control technology and logistical information systems are providing the necessary support to the military for the disinfection of critical infrastructures (ports, airports and stations), healthcare facilities and stations, support during the setting up of field hospitals and the transport of various materials to healthcare locations and facilities, as well as the disinfection of care homes and the transfer of the sick and elderly from hospitals to hotels converted to emergency hospitals. In addition, Indra’s staff are voluntarily manufacturing medical supplies with 3D printers. Through its cybersecurity company, SIA, it has launched a website to help families and companies in the field of cybersecurity, while its Digital Transformation Consultancy and Information Technology Company, Minsait, is helping clients to execute key projects remotely, facilitating digital onboarding of customers or enabling citizens to withdraw cash from ATMs without physical contact with the electronic device. The company is also donating tablets to help with the homeschooling of children during the crisis.
Leonardo
Leonardo has undertaken a series of solidarity initiatives in Italy to support the efforts to guarantee the containment of Covid-19 on a daily basis, as well as assistance to those and their families affected by virus.
Leonardo and its crew is supporting Italian Civil Protection Department by carrying out a series of shuttle flights between Italian airports to ensure the transportation of medical supplies (ventilators, masks, etc.).
In addition, the Helicopters Division has made available its pilots and 3 helicopters, providing technical support to the Armed Forces’ helicopter fleet, police and other authorities to ensure Italian civil protection during the healthcare operations.
At the Leonardo-Grottaglie site, the Aerostructures Division, launched the first production batch of valves, through additive manufacturing technology (3D printing). These will support the initiative of Isinnova, a company in Brescia, to adapt a particular model of snorkeling mask transforming it into ventilators for sub-intensive therapies. The same activity will be carried out at the Electronics Division La Spezia and Livorno site.
As of 6 April, Leonardo is offering a 2 months free-of-charge threat Intelligence service to 100 companies to improve the cyber defence of their operations and mitigate cyber risks linked to the current widespread homeworking.
See also Leonardo's response to Covid-19
Airports - SEAC (Heathrow Airport Ltd, Flughafen München GmbH, Schiphol Nederland B.V., Aéroports de Paris S.A., Flughafen Zürich AG, Swedavia and Avinor) and ACI Europe
Airports remain open and committed to helping their airline, cargo and other partners with the repatriation of citizens, transport of medical supplies, patients and perishable goods. Staff at the airports are also supporting local initiatives such as fundraising actions, mask making, food donations or equipping the elderly with technology to help stay connected with friends and family.