TopSky
The TopSky (formerly EUROCAT)[1] system is a computerised air traffic control and management solution[buzzword] developed by Thales Air Systems (formerly Thomson CSF).[2] 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:[3]
- 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
Countries
The software is used in many countries, including:
- Algeria
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brunei
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Finland
- France
- Greece
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Portugal
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Africa
- Sweden
- United Kingdom
- Thailand
- Tanzania
References
- ^ "Code Modernization & Language: The Eurocat Ada Transformation - TSRI | Automated Software Application Code Modernization, Automated UML Documentation, Automated Refactoring at 100% Automation". TSRI. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
- ^ Thales Group. "EUROCAT". Archived from the original on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
- ^ Thales Group. "EUROCAT". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
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subsidiaries
- Eurosam (33%)
- Naval Group (25%)
- OEMServices (25%)
- Telespazio (33%)
- Thales Alenia Space (67%)
- ThalesRaytheonSystems (50%)
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