19/11-08   -   Press releases

Swedish Academy selects UFA´s attower atc simulator

UFA, Inc., announced today that after an open competition, Arvidsjaur Municipality in Sweden has selected UFA’s Air Traffic Tower and Radar training simulator for the Lappland Aviation Academy (LAA).

LAA will utilize UFA’s state of the art ATTower and ATRadio® products. The installation will include a 220 degree Tower Simulator and multiple Radar positions. Standard off-the-shelf PC/Windows hardware is used to host UFA’s ATTower Tower Simulator and ATRadio2 Voice Communications Simulator. ATTower is a fully integrated standalone simulator providing Apron, Tower, PAR, Approach and En Route capabilities and incorporates ATView® 2 a state of the art PC/Windows based Image Generator. ATRadio2 is a full featured VoIP based Voice Communications Simulator providing a low cost alternative to operational VCS equipment in a training environment.

Additional installations of ATTower include the US Army and Army National Guard; Munich International Airport in Germany; DLR in Braunschweig, Germany; DFS in Langen, Germany; FINAVIA in Vantaa, Finland; EUROCONTROL IANS in Luxembourg; AAI CATC in Allahabad, India; LVNL in Schiphol, the Netherlands, Estonian Aviation Academy and DGAC/DSNA at Charles De Gaulle and Orly Airports in Paris, France.

Headquartered in Woburn, MA, UFA is a privately held software engineering firm specializing in Air Traffic Management simulation products. UFA’s product line is in use around the world and includes ATCoach®, ATTower®, ATVoice® and ATRadio®. UFA maintains additional offices in Gaithersburg, MD. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, ATCSim GmbH, is located in Mainz and Kaufbeuren, Germany.