TopSky

Our ATM offering is a component-based solution ready to integrate the latest technological developments from SESAR & Next Gen, and designed to address all customer needs. TopSky - ATM Solutions are based on a robust product strategy for the next 10 years and beyond, and comply with the ICAO Aviation system Block Upgrades roadmaps and key standards. As world leading solutions, they are mature, safe and reliable

TopSky - Tower is the new Integrated Tower Solution meeting civil and military Tower ATC, for surface management and incorporating tower automation. Fully integrated ATC tower system provides complete surveillance and monitoring of aircraft and vehicles. TopSky - Tower supports the advanced SESAR and NextGen developments, complies with ICAO’s Aviation System block Upgrades, and incorporates leading technology breakthroughs.

Main Features

Enhancing surface management & tower automation
Fully integrated ATC tower system providing complete surveillance and monitoring of aircraft and vehicles
Improved safety and efficiency, and optimised capacity performance in the airport environment
Conflict prediction and alerts to controllers
Intuitive, easy to use system allowing controllers to make quick and accurate decisions
Seamless operations with silent coordination within the tower cab or adjacent approach units
Reduced controller workload by correlating surveillance and flight plan information
Interoperability with ATC and airport agencies and equipment for enhanced situation awareness in all daylight and weather conditions
Identification of all airport movements on controllers’ consoles, by using one or more sensors
Supporting all standard interfaces including AFTN, ICAO ATS , ADEXP, SYSCO OLDI and AI DC, and integrating the Departure Clearance datalink service
Ensuring the consistency of flight plan data between the tower and approach centres and benefitting controllers with reduced workload and increased confidence
Thales’s offer: a complete array of communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management systems to provide a fully integrated gate-to-gate solution
Integration of TopSky - Tower with TopSky - ATC to ensure seamless coordination between tower and approach control
Easily adaptable to different tower configuration layout, workflow, touch screen)
High level of automation supporting both electronic strip board and flight lists to manage flight data through optimised workflow
A-SMGCS function up to level 4
Reliable display of the actual traffic situation with positions superimposed on the synthetic airfield map
Safety nets generating safety threat or conflict alerts in the movement area
Meteorological conditions and airport equipment status displayed (ATIS letter, QNH, Navigation Aids System status…)
Thales: leading industrial contributor to the SESAR Joint Undertaking, actively participating in 39 different airport projects
Installation of TopSky - Tower as the validation platform for SESAR activities at France’s Charles de Gaulle Airport for validation by the French DSNA
Solution developed in line with SESAR, making sure it will be fully conform to all future SESAR standards
All set for the ICAO Aviation System Block Upgrades ready: already meeting Block 0; benefitting in the near future from all the block upgrade capabilities for airport operations