Adacel Will Provide NAV Portugal's Newest Oceanic CPDLC

Adacel says it will provide NAV Portugal with its Phase-4 CPDLC (controller-pilot datalink communications) capability for the ANSP's (air navigation service provider's) oceanic ATM (air traffic management) system.

The $2M (Canadian) contract calls for Adacel to upgrade the current Phase-3 system to support additional FANS (future air navigation system) downlink and uplink messages, and also enhance NAV Portugal's route processing, conflict detection, meteorology models, human machine interfaces and radar functions.

The Montreal-based company, which completed delivery of CPDLC Phase-3 capabilities in December 2006, says NAV Portugal's incremental implementation of CPDLC is in line with the approach being taken by other ANSPs in the North Atlantic.

The NAV Portugal's ATM system uses Adacel's Aurora oceanic ATM automation software to control international air traffic in the Santa Maria FIR (flight information region).  09-18-2007.

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