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    ADS-B and other airspace surveillance systems to be supplied to the Democratic Republic of Congo by Thales

    Sept. 23, 2010
    NEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France, 23 Sept. 2010. Thales won a contract by the Congolese Ministry of Transport for the supply, installation, and commissioning of an air traffic management/air traffic control surveillance system. It will be the first air traffic control system to cover one of the largest African continental airspaces.
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    Posted by John McHaleNEUILLY-SUR-SEINE, France, 23 Sept. 2010. Thales won a contract by the Congolese Ministry of Transport for the supply, installation, and commissioning of an air traffic management/air traffic control surveillance system. It will be the first air traffic control system to cover one of the largest African continental airspaces.Thales's turnkey solution will include a latest-generation EUROCAT control center, Automatic Dependent Surveillance - Broadcast (ADS-B) stations in Kinshasa, Lubumbashi, Buta, Mbandaka, and llebo and a Digital-Automatic Terminal Information Station (D-ATIS) system. EUROCAT is a modular system that controls traffic in continental en route, terminal approach, transcontinental, and oceanic airspace. ADS-B is an emerging technology that allows aircraft to periodically broadcast GPS position, altitude, speed, and identity information. The broadcast information may be received and processed by other aircraft or ground stations for use in improved situational awareness, conflict avoidance, and airspace management. Thales will also provide a simulator as well as training sessions to enable RVA (Regie des Voies AĂ©riennes), DRC's Air Navigation Services Provider, to respond to the increasing need of highly skilled air traffic controllers. This comprehensive ATC system will allow them to focus on managing the air situation while coping with more intense domestic traffic flows as well as growing continental traffic volumes.

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