ATCOsim

ATCOsim develops air traffic control simulation software for training controllers. The company, ATCOsim Investment s.r.l., is based in Voluntari, Romania. It offers two products: a 3D Tower Simulator and a Radar Simulator.

ATCOsim 3D Tower is built on the DirectX 11 engine and scales with hardware performance. The company says it includes day and night transitions, 4K textures and over 5,000 aircraft liveries on 200 aircraft types. It runs on a large LCD array or on a full 360 degree curved screen with edge blending.

Supervisor and pseudo-pilot interfaces include automated direct taxi routing, METAR input, configurable aircraft tags and emergency scenarios. These include stuck or retracted gear, engine smoke or fire, and crash detection. The tower also offers A-SMGCS surface radar displays, runway visual range readings, wind roses and ATIS audio generation.

ATCOsim Radar is a customizable radar simulator with a plug-in architecture. It includes 4D trajectory calculation, an arrival sequence manager and medium term conflict detection. Its safety nets include STCA, MSAW, route adherence monitoring and cleared altitude alerts. It also emulates radar coverage, including PSR, SSR and S-mode receivers.

The voice system uses voice over IP, with frequency switching, controller intercom and conference features. All communications are recorded with the radar log. The company says its format can store hundreds of hours of logs with audio in a few hundred megabytes.

Instructors can build tower scenarios by adding aircraft and vehicles, or adjust an exercise while it runs. They can also record a live traffic snapshot from an ADS-B receiver and turn it into a training scenario. The simulator platform is designed for remote training over the internet.

The company says its tower simulator suits airports that need to train controllers for demanding traffic. It also suits established schools upgrading to curved screen projection. Its radar simulator covers training from ab initio to progressive levels.

Services

• ATCOsim 3D Tower Simulator
• ATCOsim Radar Simulator
• Pseudo-pilot and supervisor interfaces
• A-SMGCS surface radar displays
• Voice over IP communication system
• Scenario design
• ADS-B live traffic snapshots
• Remote training over the internet