Australia’s Advanced Control Tower Concepts Take Shape
The collaborative design effort involving engineering, technical and air traffic control specialists from both Airservices Australia and the Sensis Project Team took place over several months and will form the baseline for a world-leading system know as INTAS, or Integrated Tower Automation Suite.
INTAS, for the first time, amalgamates all control tower functions into a single, integrated system that presents relevant information on common operator workstations in the tower cab. The integrated capabilities include:
- Air and surface surveillance
- Flight data (virtual flight progress strips)
- Air-ground and ground-ground communications
- Weather radar and airport meteorological information
- Textual and graphical aeronautical information
- Pre-Departure Clearance
- Airport facilities and navigation aid monitoring
- Airport lighting control
- Tower cab environment and security controls
Virtual flight progress strips, automated flight information exchange and intuitive touch-screen technology eliminates the need for paper strips and significantly reduces verbal coordination.
