Summary:
- ADR expands use of Outsight’s Physical AI and 3D LiDAR technology across Schengen common-use areas to enhance operational efficiency and passenger experience.
- Real-time spatial intelligence provides actionable insights on traveller flows, queue formation, and congestion patterns at Rome Fiumicino Airport.
- Large-scale deployment signals a shift toward predictive, AI-driven airport operations and data-driven process optimisation.
Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) – a Corporate Partner of the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub – and Outsight, a leading provider of Spatial Intelligence solutions based on Physical AI and 3D LiDAR data, have announced a major expansion of their collaboration to enhance operational efficiency, passenger experience and data-driven decision-making at Rome Fiumicino Airport. This deepened collaboration is marked by a large-scale deployment of Outsight’s technology across nearly all common-use areas within the Schengen zone.
Outsight – an exhibitor at FTE Global, 8-10 September 2026, Dallas, Texas – first deployed its technology at Rome Fiumicino through ADR’s ‘Runway to the Future’ innovation programme. Following a successful initial phase that delivered tangible benefits in the arrivals immigration area, the project is now moving to an industrial scale.
“At Aeroporti di Roma, we see innovation as a practical lever to continuously improve operations, service quality and the passenger journey,” said Emanuele Calà, Senior Vice President Transformation and Technology, Aeroporti di Roma. “The decision to expand Outsight’s technology across common-use areas within the Schengen zone reflects our confidence in solutions that can turn airport data into actionable intelligence. Having full visibility over traveller flows in a sensitive environment enables us to act more proactively, optimise processes and support a more seamless and predictable experience for our passengers.”
Deployed across Schengen common-use areas, Outsight’s Physical AI solution transforms real-time LiDAR data into actionable insights on people flows, queue formation and congestion patterns. This gives ADR an end-to-end view of the passenger journey, enabling more agile resource allocation, supporting data-driven process re-engineering, and laying the digital foundation for predictive, agentic AI-driven airport operations.
This large-scale deployment signals ADR’s confidence not only in Outsight’s Spatial Intelligence platform, but also in the broader potential of combining LiDAR, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence to shape the next generation of airport management systems. This major contract will also drive the continued optimisation of the technology within the unique complexities of a major international hub like Rome Fiumicino.
“We are proud to deepen our relationship with one of the world’s most innovative airport operators,” said Raul Bravo, President and Co-Founder, Outsight. “Moving from a successful pilot to a full-scale deployment is a powerful validation of our Spatial Intelligence platform. By combining Physical AI, LiDAR perception, and real-time analytics, we are helping set a new standard for how major hubs can operate smarter, more responsively and more efficiently.”
Hear more from Aeroporti di Roma at the co-located APEX FTE EMEA and APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing events, taking place in Dublin on 9-11 June 2026. Emanuele Calà, SVP Transformation & Technology, Aeroporti di Roma, is participating in a session focused on ‘When technology becomes a teammate: Embracing human/tech collaboration to optimise operational efficiency across the organisation’.
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