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Air Safety Week, March 24, 2008

BAE Delivers Air Traffic Control Simulator to Coventry Airport

BAE Systems has delivered the MASE (Modular Airspace Synthetic Environment) to Air Traffic Services at Coventry Airport. MASE simulators are currently in service at East Midlands and Filton airports, RAF Shawbury and RAF Boulmer. Coventry Airport has a requirement to assist in training its controllers in Approach Radar Control as well as Procedural Control on the single student, 2 pseudo pilot system. Coventry staff are currently being trained for ATC ratings using the MASE simulator at the BAE Systems' air traffic control college in South Wales.

OSYRIS AMAN-DMAN Suite Improves Air Traffic Efficiency

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Barco's OSYRIS AMAN-DMAN software can generate increased capacities for limited airside resources like runways and airspace. In addition, the suite offers environmental benefits as it leads to a reduction of fuel consumption and consequent air pollution. Both arrival and departure components are separately or jointly available. In order to adapt to increasing expectations for the efficiency of traffic flows, Barco designed the OSYRIS Decision Support Tool that meets the growing demands of air traffic controllers. The concept of this suite is to generate planning advisories for air traffic controllers in order to automate specific tasks and calculations and improve ATC operations.

Barco Unveils Large-Screen Projection System for ATC Applications

Barco has successfully implemented a rear-projection visualization platform for the Central Flow Management Unit (CFMU) of Eurocontrol, the European Organization for the Safety of Air Navigation in Brussels. Barco was selected for the video wall installation at the CFMU to support Eurocontrol in monitoring Europe's steadily growing air traffic. The CFMU optimizes air traffic capacity and reduces delays. In close coordination with airlines, airports and air navigation service providers, the CFMU handles over 30,000 flights every day. The CFMU primarily provides three operational functions: Airspace Data Management, Flight Plan Processing and Air Traffic Flow and Capacity Management (ATFCM). For the first time a large-screen projection system is used at EUROCONTROL for this kind of Air Traffic Control application.

Aerothai Selects Era for Nationwide ADS-B Surveillance Network

Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (Aerothai), Thailand's Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), has selected Era to provide a nationwide ADS-B surveillance network. The network will consist of MSS ground stations placed across the entire country and will provide comprehensive next-generation surveillance coverage throughout Thailand and much of the surrounding territory. ADS-B, or Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast, is a critical component of future air traffic management systems. Aircraft with ADS-B avionics constantly and automatically transmit information such as speed, altitude, identification and direction of flight to other ADS-B equipped aircraft, as well as to air traffic control by way of ground stations, such as MSS by Era. MSS is unique in that it can be coupled with Era's multilateration technology to make next-generation surveillance available today. Other recent selections for MSS include Singapore, Hamburg, Beijing, Kuala Lumpur and Munich.

Lockheed Martin Wins ATM Work in Kazakhstan

Lockheed Martin recently received a $15.5 million contract from Kazaeronavigatsia, a state-owned air navigation service provider, to deploy a SkyLine air traffic management system at an area control center in Aktobe, Kazakhstan. This is the second contract awarded to Lockheed Martin as Kazaeronavigatsia works to establish a national air traffic management system that will enhance Kazakhstan's transportation infrastructure. The new contract also includes three remote towers in Aktobe, and an air defense system in Astana, Kazakhstan's capital, where the first Lockheed Martin SkyLine system is helping to guide 47 percent of the country's airspace.

PAX Fatalities Down 20% in 2007

The aviation industry maintained its improved safety record in 2007: passenger fatalities fell by 20% on 2006. Both passenger fatalities and the number of fatal accidents in 2007 were well below long-term trends. During 2007, there were 631 passenger fatalities, 159 fewer than in 2006. The figure is below the average for the decade of 718.9, and is a significant improvement on the 1990s average of 954.4 passenger fatalities a year. There were 15 fatal aviation accidents in 2007 involving passengers. While this was two more than in 2006 it maintains the long term improvement in the aviation industry's safety record. The average number of fatal accidents since 2000 is 16.0, and in the 1990s the average was 24.2. The findings in the Annual Aviation Safety Report from Ascend, a provider of information and consultancy to the global aerospace industry, measure accidents on revenue passenger flights. The worst accident in 2007 was in Sao Paulo, Brazil in July when a TAM Airbus A320 overran the runway on landing and struck an office building. All 181 passengers and six crew on board plus a further 12 people on the ground were killed. There were four further accidents in 2007 that resulted in a high loss of life. Combined these five accidents accounted for 517 passenger fatalities, about 80% of the total passenger fatalities for 2007.

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