TIRANA, March 2 – The implementation of smartMessenger at Mother Teresa Tirana International Airport is a significant milestone in the migration to AMHS (ATS Message Handling System) as mandated by ICAO.
Albania has contracted with Lockheed Martin to modernize the Air Traffic Management (ATM) Systems and Facilities at the Mother Teresa International Airport, which has installed and placed in operation ATM Systems and continue to modernize and upgrade all the ATM systems.
Lockheed Martin has contracted Frequentis to implement smartMessenger configured to support the AMHS and AFTN message formats as well as the conversion between the two formats (AFTN/AMHS Gateway). The system will come with high-end computer servers configured in redundant configuration and System Management and User Agent Workstations.
Frequentis smartMessenger is one subsystem available with the smartAIM product suite which is designed to ease the migration from AFTN (CIDIN) to AMHS by supporting all the message formats and the interoperability with other global messaging system (Internet e-mail, WMO) in one fully integrated system. smartMessenger fully complies with all ICAO AMHS Standards and the Eurocontrol AMHS Specifications.
Lockheed Martin contracts Frequentis on air traffic control
Change font size:
Latest from News
Dirty Money in the Skyline: Albania’s Tower Boom and the Laundering of Criminal Wealth
Change font size: - + Reset From towers to “new pyramids”: how money from organized crime, international drug trafficking and entrenched corruption is reshaping Tirana while leaving behind empty buildings, distorted prices
Albania’s EU bid faces IBAR delay
Change font size: - + Reset Tirana Times, April 11, 2026 – Albania’s path toward European Union membership has entered a more uncertain phase as discussions over a key assessment report remain
Albania Slips Into Electoral Autocracy
Change font size: - + Reset V Dem places Albania in a category dominated by African states, with Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina the only Western Balkan countries in the same group.
Albania Draws a Red Line on Iran
Change font size: - + Reset Parliament’s decision to label Tehran a state sponsor of terrorism formalizes a break years in the making and reflects a broad Albanian consensus that Iran has
US Targets Iran Linked Cyber Network as Albania Emerges as Key Victim
Change font size: - + Reset Tirana Times, March 17, 2026 – The United States has moved to dismantle a cyber network linked to Iran’s intelligence apparatus, seizing four domains used for