Eurocat (air traffic control)
The EUROCAT system is a computerised air traffic control and management solution developed by Thales Air Systems (Formerly Thomson CSF).[1] It utilises a distributed computing architecture and is capable of integrating geographically dispersed air traffic control units within a Flight Information Region (e.g. control towers at different airports and en route control centres) into a single coherent system. During 2012 the Thales marketing name has been changed from Eurocat to TopSky.
Features
TopSky handles a large variety of different functions required for the smooth operation of air traffic control and management. A non-exhaustive list includes:[2]
- Surveillance data processing and track correlation (radar, ADS-B, ADS-C etc.)
- Flight plan processing
- Communication (CPDLC etc.)
- Aeronautical information data processing (NOTAMs, QNH, wind aloft etc.)
- Flow control and sequencing
- Human-machine interfacing (e.g. correlating data to generate controller's display)
- Data recording
- Controller situational awareness and alerts generation
- Squawk Emergency (EMG), Radio Failure (RAD), Hyjack (HIJ)
- Short Term Conflict Alert (STCA), Minimum Safe Altitude Warning (MSAW), Danger Area Infringement Warning (DAIW) etc.
- Non-Transgression Zone (NTZ) alert, DUPE Alerts, FPCF Alerts.
Countries
The software is used in a variety of different countries, including: Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.
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