LFV opens a Research and Development Centre at Malmö Airport
Published: 24 October 2025 10:55Updated: 24 October 13:46
On Thursday, 23 October, LFV inaugurated a unique environment for advanced air traffic simulation, research, and innovation.
LFV’s research and innovation activities are conducted within a number of strategic development areas, based on the future challenges of air traffic management. The aim is to develop concepts and solutions that deliver clear benefits to aviation, enhancing safety, efficiency, capacity, accessibility, and sustainability in air traffic management services.
Through our research, we seek to understand what needs to be developed, why, and how – thereby laying the foundation for the future of air traffic services.
“This centre marks an important milestone for LFV. By combining our extensive experience with new technological opportunities, we are creating the conditions for the air traffic services of tomorrow. I am proud of the work we have already accomplished and look forward to seeing the development and innovation that will emerge here,” says Ann Persson Grivas, Director General of LFV.
The research and innovation activities are carried out both independently and in collaboration with universities, other authorities, and organisations within and beyond Sweden.
The Swedish Transport Administration and Horizon 2020, the EU’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (SESAR), are the main financiers. Other partners include Vinnova, CINEA, and universities and higher education institutions active within LFV’s research and innovation fields.
Examples of ongoing research projects within LFV
AI-Prat
Voice-controlled AI for automated flight information services in uncontrolled airspace.
UTM-City
Testing the integration of drone traffic in urban environments using simulators that connect manned and unmanned aviation.
LARA
Testing how digital coordination of airspace between civil and military actors can be integrated with the TopSky air traffic management system in real time.