ASDWire distribution date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 10:38:00 GMT +0100

Luciad shows latest ATC/ATM visualization technology at ATCA 2009

High performance visualization software on booth 328

Leuven, Belgium, September 24th 2009 --[ASDWire]-- Luciad, the specialist in high performance visualization of situational awareness in Aviation, will be showcasing its latest advances for high performance Air Traffic Control and Management systems at ATCA’s Annual Conference & Exhibition on October 4-7 in Washington DC, USA. ATCA is the premier forum of ATC industry leaders and policy makers in North America.

On booth 328 at the ATCA event, visitors will experience live showcases of LuciadMap V9, the latest release of the Luciad software suite designed to build mission-critical aeronautical information systems with advanced graphical display capabilities in Air Traffic Control, Air Traffic Management and Aeronautical Information Management.

Visitors will have a chance to discover exciting new technologies that enable fast, accurate handling and visualization of next generation aeronautical data. Fully aligned with the American NextGen (next Generation Air Transportation System) and SESAR (Single European Sky ATM Research) program specifications, LuciadMap offers the first available high-performance out-of-the box decoding and visualization of the new AIXM 5 standard, the aeronautical information format of choice for future ATC/ATM/AIM systems.

Support for temporality, digital NOTAMs, and Terminal Aerodrome Forecasts (TAF), and the integration of an OGC-compliant Web Feature Server will be on display. These dynamic technologies do not only greatly improve the safety of incoming and departing flights, they will also result in significant time and cost efficiencies for airports and airlines.

More information on the event can be found on www.atca.org.

About Luciad

Luciad provides software solutions for high performance visualization of Situational Awareness applications. Luciad’s software components are the building blocks for mission-critical ATC/ATM and Air Command and Control systems.

Luciad’s core product is LuciadMap, a software solution that system integrators and original equipment manufacturers can easily integrate into their existing systems. LuciadMap provides support for achieving high situational awareness by handling large numbers of static and moving data on top of geographical information, including maps, satellite imagery, and terrain elevation in many different formats and references.

Luciad also offers LuciadEarth, a high performance, tile-based visualization engine for extremely large volumes of data in C2 environments. LuciadEarth enables instant raster and vector data fusion at any level of resolution.

Luciad also offers an end-user product, based on LuciadMap’s technology: ATCPlayback, a viewing capability to play back, review, and analyze simulated or recorded air traffic data. It is a powerful, user-friendly suite that graphically replays and intuitively analyzes ATC simulation results by enabling users to interactively refine the analysis process and graphically visualize the results.

Luciad’s international customer base includes EUROCONTROL, FAA, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, NATO, Saab, Belgocontrol, NLR, DGAC, DFS, LVNL, NATS, SAIC, Thales, EADS, AENA, Skyguide, NavCanada and ENAV.

Visit http://www.luciad.com for more information

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