Crida

CRIDA (Centro de Referencia de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación ATM, A.I.E.) is a not-for-profit Research Entity established by ENAIRE, the Polytechnic University of Madrid "Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM and INECO. CRIDA has been created with the mission to Perform R&D activities geared towards improving the safety, capacity, economic... efficiency and the environmental performance of the Spanish Air Navigation System as part of the global network and become both a Centre of Research Excellence and the Spanish focal point for ATM Research and Development activities, incorporating both the consolidated operational experience of ENAIRE, the research know-how of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, and the flexibility and engineering know-how of INECO. CRIDA benefits from its partners full and active support to acquire a relevant role in the ATM R&D panorama and to become a leading edge company developing, validating and implementing high-performance, new-technology European ATM solutions. CRIDA aims to collaborate and foster ATM R&D by adding value to the ATM service provider (ENAIRE) whilst maintaining strong links with the operational reality. By doing so, CRIDA represents a solid growth platform for the development of skilled multidisciplinary researchers and high added value state-of-the-art innovation in the ATM Research field. Most of CRIDAs full-time employees are licensed engineers. CRIDA participates in several projects sponsored by ENAIRE and EUROCONTROL as well as in the HORIZON 2008 and SESAR 2008 programmesRead More