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]

Countries

The software is used in a variety of different countries, including: Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Ireland, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

References

  1. Thales Group. "EUROCAT". Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  2. Thales Group. "EUROCAT" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-09-13.


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