Barco's arrival management software selected for eight airports in 2007
ATCA, Washington, DC, USA, 28 October 2007 – Barco, a leader in professional display and visualization solutions, has been awarded five major contracts during 2007 to integrate its OSYRIS arrival management software at a total of eight airports. This success is the result of years of continuous product improvement driven by customer requirements and research organizations.
Barco's arrival management software is part of the OSYRIS Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) product suite that has a proven operational track record and has been designed based on Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) requirements and industry research. Since the development of the first operational system for Zurich Airport, Switzerland in 2001, Barco's OSYRIS has continuously evolved. This has been made possible thanks to the OSYRIS COTS architecture which allows easy adaptation to local procedures and seamless integration into existing Air Traffic Management (ATM) systems.In March 2007, Barco received operational acceptance for the arrival management system at Changi Airport, Singapore. Through the development of the Singapore arrival management system, Barco’s OSYRIS product evolved substantially. Some of the core capabilities of the Singapore system include routing advice, runway allocation and holding advice, all of which significantly increase air traffic efficiency and reduce controller workload.
In April this year, Norway’s ANSP Avinor selected Barco’s arrival management system for three airports in southeast Norway, including Oslo’s Gardermoen airport. The contract includes the integration of Barco's OSYRIS arrival management into the Norwegian ATM system, enabling the efficient management of arrival traffic within the Oslo Area of Responsibility (AoR). Avinor especially valued the excellent portability and open interfaces, which allowed the OSYRIS Arrival Manager to be smoothly integrated into Avinor’s present Air Traffic Control system.
Barco's arrival management software was also selected by the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (CAD). Barco was awarded a contract in June 2007 to provide an Arrival Metering and Sequencing System based on the OSYRIS arrival management software for a 6-month trial period. The CAD not only valued the sophistication of Barco's arrival management software, Barco was also able to commit on a tight project schedule required by the CAD.
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Barco, a global technology company, designs and develops visualization products for a variety of selected professional markets. Barco has its own facilities for Sales & Marketing, Customer Support, R&D and Manufacturing in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific. Barco (Euronext Brussels: BAR) is active in more than 90 countries with about 3800 employees worldwide. Barco posted sales of euro 751 million in 2006.
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