TopSky explained

The TopSky (formerly EUROCAT)^[1] system is a computerised air traffic control and management solution 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
  • Squawk Emergency (EMG), Radio Failure (RAD), Hijack (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 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Code Modernization & Language: The Eurocat Ada Transformation - TSRI | Automated Software Application Code Modernization, Automated UML Documentation, Automated Refactoring at 100% Automation . TSRI . 2019-06-05.
2. Web site: EUROCAT. Thales Group. 2011-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20120323111057/http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portfolio/Aerospace/Air_Systems_Product_-_EUROCAT,_Air_Traffic_Management_System/?pid=1481. 2012-03-23. dead.
3. Web site: EUROCAT. Thales Group. 2011-09-13. PDF. https://web.archive.org/web/20111026193715/http://www.thalesgroup.com/Portfolio/Documents/EUROCAT_(February_2011)/?LangType=2057. 2011-10-26. dead.