ATC Simulators

Micro Nav Ltd
Tom Howard-Jones

By Tom Howard-Jones, New Business Director, Micro Nav Ltd, Micro Nav Ltd

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Micro Nav is the leading specialist producer of ATC simulators with an unbroken 18-year track record. Over 400 of our simulation units are in use worldwide by leading national civil and military authorities.

All our products meet approved ISO 9001:2000 quality standards. We provide ongoing support; regular software upgrades; user training and assistance with all your training needs.

BEST ATC Simulation SystemsBEST ATC Simulation Systems

Everything You Need from Beginning to End for Simulation and Training from Micro Nav

BEST ATC Simulation Systems

BEST covers all levels and types of ATC training

  • Radar and non-radar operations
  • Approach and area control
  • Tower and ground control
  • Civil and military specialisations, including PAR
  • Classroom, part task and basic skills training
  • Rating, validation, and OJT support training
  • Conversion and refresher training
  • Competency checking– emergencies and unusual situations
  • Design, testing, and evaluation tasks
  • Integrated tower and radar control
  • Stimulation of real systems

BEST ATC RADAR

Key Features

  • High-fidelity model of the ATC environment
  • Detailed aircraft performance profiles
  • Adaptive, fast, pseudo-pilot interfaces
  • Powerful scripting tools reduce staffing and give easy simulation of special local procedures
  • User access to simulation relational database
  • Flight plan library and traffic sample groups
  • No inherent software limits on data capacities
  • High traffic loads with fast time performance
  • User customisation and choice of controller MMIs
  • Integrity of recording plus replay and resume
  • Integrated audio communications and recording
  • Commercial standard PCs, Windows, and networking
  • Modern OOD and modular architecture
  • Facilities for ATC data conversion and import
  • Flexible circuit configuration and role selection
  • Multiple, simultaneous exercises
  • Radar ATC voice recognition and output with unique user customisation for accents, names, and phrases
  • Annual and on-time software licensing
  • Quick email support – analysis of recordings

BEST ATC TOWER

Key Features

  • Quick builder tools for accurate airfield models
  • Aircraft and vehicle models with animation
  • Realistic airfield 3D scenes and aircraft behaviour
  • Day-night-dusk, visibility, and weather effects
  • Customised displays for lighting control, tower radars, weather, information, and audio comms
  • Civil and military aircraft performance, operations and emergencies
  • High numbers of moving aircraft and vehicles
  • Multiple zoom and binocular views to meet training needs for detection, recognition, and identification
  • Additional, independent, controllable views
  • Select eye points; view from aircraft and vehicles
  • Powerful pseudo-pilot commands for air and ground operations with graphical inputs
  • Scripting for automated adjacent sectors and special local procedures
  • Easy technology insertion and upgrades
  • ATC tower voice recognition and output with unique user customisation of accents, real names, and phrases
  • Annual and one-time software licensing
  • Full recording, replay and resume to live working
  • 2D and range of 3D visual options
  • Flexible configuration and workstation role selection

BEST ATC Simulation SystemsBEST ATC Simulation Systems

BEST systems can be configured to meet your training needs

  • In classrooms with special self-teach, instructor and debrief facilities for radar and tower using 2D or 3D displays
  • In simulated operations rooms with generic or emulated radar and information displays
  • With a choice of radar displays, including 2Kx 2K, image generators and displays to meet different training needs, budgets and space constraints
  • As tower cabs with full 360 –degree 3D visual panoramas
  • As stimulators driving operational radar workstations plus OLDI, AFTN and other utilities

Micro Nav

Contact: Tom Howard-Jones
Gild House
64-68 Norwich Avenue West
Bournemouth
Dorset BH2 6AW, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 1202 764444
Fax: +44 (0) 0120 545079

E-mail: sales@micronav.co.uk
Website:www.micronav.co.uk

Tom Howard-Jones

Author Information - Tom Howard-Jones

New Business Director, Micro Nav Ltd

Tom Howard Jones is the New Business Director of Micro Nav. He has 15 years experience of Air Traffic Control simulation and training business development and general management; and a further 10 years experience of systems engineering and product management in real time training simulation for the oil and marine industries.

In 1988 he started the new ATC Simulation and Training business in the UK division of Hughes Aircraft Company and forged the relationship with Micro Nav. FIRST- the simulator invented, developed and supported by Micro Nav – was licensed exclusively to Hughes and became one of the most successful products around the world, thanks to powerful teamwork of the two complementary companies.

In 1998, following the take over of Hughes by Raytheon, he joined Micro Nav as a Director in the management team that re-launched Micro Nav with a new business model and developed the new generation BEST ATC simulators. During the last 5 years the fully integrated range of products has been delivered, including: radar; tower; fighter control; voice recognition and audio communications simulations with both civil and military specialisations.

BEST is in operation with leading Air Traffic Authorities, including; the UK NATS and MoD; Germany; Switzerland; Denmark; Malaysia and the UAE.

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