Barco’s ODS Toolbox® software selected by VNIIRA-OVD to equip Minsk Air Traffic Control center
Kortrijk, Belgium / Bremen, Germany, 3 December 2003 – Barco’s ODS TOOLBOX® software was selected by VNIIRA-OVD, an affiliate of the National Russian Scientific & Research Institute for Radio Equipment, based in St. Petersburg, Russia, to equip the Area Control Center, Terminal, and Tower System in Minsk, Byelorussia. ODS TOOLBOX® software will be used within Syntez, a new display generation complying with the main Eurocontrol recommendations for Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs).
For more than one year VNIIRA-OVD has been using Barco’s ODS TOOLBOX® for the development, evaluation and testing of Syntez. Thanks to the user-friendly and powerful development environment of Barco’s ODS TOOLBOX®, the development time of Syntez was extremely short. ODS TOOLBOX® is now also dedicated to operational use within Syntez.Barco’s ODS TOOLBOX® is the most widely used application toolbox for operational ATC display systems. ODS TOOLBOX® provides the tools to visualize application data, process operator interactions, and exchange information with external systems. As a true application toolbox with extensible modularity, it can be used for rapid prototyping of new HMIs, for the implementation phase and for maintenance, with complete re-use of the code. With more than 1,500 installations, ODS TOOLBOX® has become a de facto standard for new European ATC-projects within the framework of the Eurocontrol European Air Traffic Control Harmonisation and Integration Programme (EATCHIP) activities.
VNIIRA-OVD is a traditional developer of Air Traffic Control Automated Systems (ATC), Secondary Surveillance Radars (SSR), Aircraft transponders, Airborne Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS), System Simulators and other air traffic management solutions. VNIIRA-OVD is one of the most important system integrators, especially active throughout the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
About Barco
Barco, an international company headquartered in Kortrijk, Belgium, is active in three key areas of imaging technology. Barco designs and develops solutions for large screen visualization, display solutions for life-critical applications, and systems for visual inspection. Barco has a network of subsidiaries, distributors and agents in almost 100 countries. Barco is quoted on Brussels/Euronext and is a BEL 20 and a Next 150 company.
