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FLIGHT International. 23 April 1964 VISION Decca's important contribution to Eurocontrol AN IMPORTANT STEP ~o enable them to study the Problems of controlling high speed air traffic, Eurocontrol — Europe's organisation for the sa'ety of air navigation —has •ordered a simulator from a con- sortium of three major electronic companies, Decca Radar of London, CSF of Paris and Tele- funken °* Berlin. The design and •manufacture of all display equip- ment will be the responsibility « Decca Radar-an indication «'the confidence placed in the5pany's special ability in this VITAL NEED » th speed of ajrcraft |n_ !!; i°t00' ?««t the preci- If traffic control cannot keep pace with increasing speeds then much of the advantage of high speed flight is lost, and of course, safety margins are reduced. With increasing speeds the human operator's task be- comes extremely difficult; not only has he an enormous amount of information to deal with, but the rate at which it changes is high. Dangerous situations could build up within a few seconds. It is for reasons such as these that automatic aids are essential. The new simulator will enable Eurocontrol to investigate all methods of assisting the con- troller, and evaluate the safest and most effective procedures COVERING WESTERN EUROPE An area some two thousand kilometers in diameter will be simulated, using ' data' from six primary and six secondary radars. The simulator will take into account aircraft performance, flight plans, weather conditions, the layout and performance of navigational aids, and the manoeuvres of the aircraft. Up to 600 aircraft can be simulated, 300 under full control and 300 flying pre-programmed routine tracks. As far as the operators are concerned displaysimulation will be perfect; data will be pre- sented on standard ATC displays from the Decca Series 5. It is transistor display system is adaptable that much of the nee of this complex system will provided by proven units that i already in quantity productior DECCA COMPLETE RAD, SYSTEMS • Air surveillance rat Airfield control radar • Q-ba ASM! radar • Defence rat systems • Height-finding rat Weather and windflnding rat Transistorised display and d handling systems • Doppler raa DECCA RADAR LIMITE! LONDON • ENGLAND DECCA RADAR
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