DFS and NATS Upgrade Their Surveillance Data Test and Reference Tools

The ANSPs (air navigation service providers) of Germany and Britain, DFS and NATS, have upgraded their RAPS-II ASTERIX surveillance data test and reference tools with COMSOFT's next generation RAPS-3 system.

ASTERIX (all-purpose structured Eurocontrol surveillance information exchange) is the international standard format for surveillance data that allows their use in a range of applications.  It was defined in the late eighties to overcome the problems inherent in having a variety of national and vendor-specific formats and protocols.

RAPS-3 is the latest release of RAPS-II.  COMSOFT says it hosts the only Eurocontrol qualified software package of this kind and is also recommended by the RDE-FG (surveillance data exchange – focus group) that is responsible for changes to ASTERIX.  The product is capable of auto configuration; it supports multiple user environments; and can be controlled by third-party tools in automated test environments.  02-05-2008.

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