UFA, INC.

UFA’s 10th Annual User Group Meeting

admin — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:34:48 +0000

Dear UFA Product Users:

We are pleased to announce UFA’s 10th Annual User Group Meeting will be held in Bavaria, Germany.

The User Group Meeting is scheduled for September 10 to 12, 2013, at the Irseer Klosterbräu close to the ATCSim GmbH Kaufbeuren office in Germany. You should plan to arrive on September 9th. The User Group Meeting will conclude mid-day on September 12th.

As always the User Group Meeting is a unique opportunity to meet your fellow UFA ATC Simulation and Voice Product users to exchange experiences and to receive the latest news on UFA product developments.

We ask you to indicate your initial planned attendance and complete hotel reservations for your organization by April 30, 2013.

If you have any questions regarding the event or require assistance with room reservations, please feel free to contact me at anja@ufainc.com or call +49 1522 28 95 141.

Our special thanks to FINAVIA for hosting a very successful 2012 User Group meeting.

We look forward to seeing you in Germany in 2013.

With best regards,

Anja Bellmann
UFA, INC. Marketing Department

UFA, Inc. exhibiting at ATC Global in Amsterdam, from March 12 to March 14

admin — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 20:58:33 +0000

Burlington, MA, February 26, 2013 – UFA, Inc. (UFA), a leading provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced today that it is exhibiting its comprehensive simulation and training solutions at ATC Global 2013 at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

UFA products and services will be on display in Stand D515. UFA will exhibit its latest Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation products in use by leading Air Navigation Service Providers, Civil Aviation Authorities, and Military and Education institutions worldwide. These include the FAA and US Military, DFS Germany, NAV CANADA, CAD Hong Kong, CAAC China, and many other organizations.

Headquartered in Burlington, MA, UFA is a privately held software engineering firm specializing in Air Traffic Management (ATM) simulation and voice products. UFA’s product line is in use by the world’s leading air navigation service providers and includes ATCoach®, ATTower®, ATView®, ATSpeak™, ATRadio® and ATVoice®. UFA maintains additional offices in Gaithersburg, MD. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, ATCSim GmbH, is located in Mainz and Kaufbeuren, Germany.

Contact:

UFA, Inc.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@ufainc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com

www.UFAinc.com

UFA’s ATVoice® Voice Recognition and Response system shortlisted for IHS Jane’s ATC Awards

admin — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:03:11 +0000

Burlington, MA, February 4, 2013 – UFA, Inc. (UFA), a leading provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced today that UFA’s ATVoice is shortlisted for the IHS Jane’s Awards 2013 in the category Technology Development. The award winners will be announced at the CANSO ATM Dinner in Madrid on February 11, 2013.

ATVoice is a robust voice recognition and response system which allows the user to control the simulation exercise through voice commands using standard FAA 7110.65 or ICAO air traffic control phraseology. Used in conjunction with voice-enabled simulators, ATVoice can reduce dependence on human pseudo pilots by accepting and implementing controller clearances as well as generating the appropriate pilot response to these clearances through text-To-speech or digitized speech. ATVoice is speaker-independent, supports rapid continuous speech, and does not require each user to “train” the system in order to have it recognize his or her voice.

The entries from air navigation service providers, regulatory bodies and private companies have been viewed by a panel of judges, including experts from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), EUROCONTROL, CANSO, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers Association (IFATCA) and IHS Jane’s. The awards will be given in different categories such as product innovation, technical development, safety and efficiency.

Headquartered in Burlington, MA, UFA is a privately held software engineering firm specializing in Air Traffic Management (ATM) simulation and voice products. UFA’s product line is in use by the world’s leading air navigation service providers and includes ATCoach®, ATTower®, ATView®, ATSpeakTM, ATRadio® and ATVoice®. UFA maintains additional offices in Gaithersburg, MD. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, ATCSim GmbH, is located in Mainz and Kaufbeuren, Germany.

Contact:

UFA, Inc.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220 Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@ufainc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com www.UFAinc.com

UFA, Inc. exhibiting at Canso World ATM Congress in Madrid, from February 12 to February 14

admin — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:10:50 +0000

Burlington, MA, January 29, 2013 – UFA, Inc. (UFA), a leading provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced today that it is exhibiting its comprehensive simulation and training solutions at CANSO World ATM Congress 2013 in IFEMA, Feria de Madrid in, Spain.

UFA products and services will be on display in Stand 882. UFA will exhibit its latest Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation products in use by leading Air Navigation Service Providers, Civil Aviation Authorities, and Military and Education institutions worldwide. These include the FAA and US Military, DFS Germany, NAV CANADA, CAD Hong Kong, CAAC China, and many other organizations.

Contact:

UFA, Inc.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@ufainc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com

www.UFAinc.com

UFA, Inc. exhibiting at I/ITSEC in Orlando, from December 3 to December 6

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 21:01:31 +0000

Burlington, MA, November 27, 2012 – UFA, Inc. (UFA), a leading provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced today that it will be exhibiting its comprehensive training solutions at I/ITSEC “The World`s Largest Modeling, Simulation & Training Conference” at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida.

UFA products and services will be on display in Stand 621. UFA will exhibit its latest ATC simulation products in use by the FAA STARS and ERAM Programs, the US Military including the USN ATC TSS Program, FAA CTI Schools, and leading International Air Navigation Service Providers such as NAV CANADA and DFS Germany.

Contact:

UFA, Inc.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@UFAInc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAInc.com

www.UFAInc.com

UFA, Inc. exhibiting at the 57th Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA) 2012 annual Conference & Exposition in Washington from October 1 to October 3

admin — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:03:29 +0000

Burlington, MA, September 26, 2012 – UFA, Inc. (UFA), a leading provider of Air Traffic Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced today that it will be exhibiting its comprehensive training solutions at ATCA 2012 Annual Conference and Exposition at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland.

UFA products and services will be on display in stand 207. UFA will exhibit its latest ATC simulation products in use by the FAA, US Military, FAA CTI Schools, and such International Air Navigation Service Providers as NAV CANADA, DFS Germany, EUROCONTROL and CAAC ATMB China.

Contact:

UFA, Inc.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@ufainc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com

www.UFAinc.com

UFA, INC. announces the move of its Boston, MA Headquarters

admin — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:26:34 +0000

Burlington, MA, June 25, 2012 – UFA, INC. (UFA), a leading provider of Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation and voice technologies, announced today that its Boston, MA headquarters have moved to new facilities.

The new offices are located at:

80 Blanchard Road
Suite 101
Burlington, MA 01803
USA

Telephone: +1 781 365 1281
Fax: +1 781 365 1298

The UFA main offices will allow continued support of our worldwide customer base including the FAA STARS and ERAM projects, the US Military, top Ranked FAA CTI Schools, NAV CANADA, DFS Germany, DGAC/DSNA France, CAAC China and CAD Hong Kong. The new facilities provide for expanded laboratory and development facilities to support UFA’s increasing market share.

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

Contact:

UFA, INC.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@UFAinc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com

www.UFAinc.com

Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department (HK CAD) adopts UFA’s ATVoice® and joins the growing number of ANSPs and Airport Operators using UFA’s ATVoice® Voice Recognition and Response Technology

admin — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:37:33 +0000

Woburn, MA, May 22, 2012 – UFA, INC. (UFA), a leading provider of Air Traffic Control (ATC) Simulation and Voice Technologies, announced today that it successfully completed the delivery and acceptance testing of ATVoice Voice Recognition and Response to the HK CAD.

ATVoice was delivered as an update to the ATTower® Tower Simulator installation at the Hong Kong International Airport. The voice recognition capability now allows air traffic controllers to control traffic around the simulated Hong Kong airport using the prescribed phraseology. UFA created a custom voice model to provide the necessary voice recognition performance for accented English speakers.

HK CAD joins a growing number of ANSPs and airport operators using ATVoice to improve access to and quality of training.

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

Contact:

UFA, INC.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@UFAinc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com

www.UFAinc.com

UFA ATCoach® ATC Simulator Supports Joint Controller Pilot Training

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 19:35:17 +0000

New article describes Joint Operational Incidents Training at Lufthansa Flight Training Academy

Woburn, MA, May 15, 2012 – The article “Fake Smoke, Real Stress”, published in the Lufthansa magazine “Lufthanseat” and the DFS “Direct” publication, describes how air traffic controllers and pilots are using combined simulation to improve their skills in an emergency situation they hope to never encounter in the real world. In this training environment, DFS controllers operate at the DFS NewSim radar simulator and Lufthansa pilots at their full flight simulators, allowing a realistic, high-fidelity re-creation of an integrated and interactive air traffic and cockpit environment.

A core component of the DFS NewSim Simulator is UFA’s ATCoach Global Edition Radar Simulator. ATCoach receives data from the full flight simulators and integrates it with additional traffic simulated by ATCoach to provide the controllers with an airspace consisting of day-to-day traffic and that of the emergency flight under control of the Lufthansa pilots. In this way, DFS controllers must continue to control and communicate with the simulated non-emergency traffic and deal with the pilot of the emergency flight. Likewise, the pilot must deal with the cockpit emergency while communicating to the controller in a typically busy airspace.

Download the article (PDF).

UFA, INC., headquartered in Woburn, MA, is a privately held software engineering firm specializing in Air Traffic Management (ATM) simulation and voice recognition products. UFA provides key products to DFS in support of their simulation requirements including the ATCoach® Radar Simulator, ATTower® Tower Simulator, and ATVoice® Voice Recognition and Response.
UFA’s product line is in use around the world and also includes ATRadio® and ATSpeakTM. UFA maintains additional offices in Gaithersburg, MD. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, ATCSim GmbH, is located in Mainz and Kaufbeuren, Germany.

DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, the German air navigation service provider, is a State-owned company under private law and has 6,000 employees. DFS ensures the safe and punctual flow of air traffic over Germany. Staff coordinates up to 10,000 aircraft movements in German airspace every day, and about three million movements every year. This makes Germany the country with the highest traffic volume in Europe. DFS operates control centres in Langen, Bremen, Karlsruhe and Munich. In addition, DFS is represented in the Eurocontrol Centre in Maastricht, the Netherlands, and in the control towers of the 16 international German airports. DFS provides training and consultancy services around the world and develops and sells air traffic management systems. The company’s portfolio also comprises flight-relevant data, aeronautical publications and aeronautical information services. DFS has the following business units: Control Centre, Tower, Aeronautical Solutions and Aeronautical Information Management.

The DFS Simulator Centre, in Langen, is responsible for development and product management of simulators for the whole of DFS including the NewSim Radar Simulator and TOSIM Tower Simulator.

Contact:

UFA, INC.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@UFAinc.com

www.UFAinc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com

UFA Training Solutions at NAV CANADA featured on Discovery Channel Canada

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 11:21:20 +0000

Controllers train with ATTower® and ATVoice® Voice Recognition Technology

Woburn, MA, April 10, 2012 – The UFA, INC. (UFA) ATTower simulator at Toronto Pearson International Airport was featured on the April 2nd Discovery Channel series Daily Planet. The segment demonstrated simulation control using UFA’s industry leading ATVoice Voice Recognition and Response system.

The feature can be seen at http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip650109.

ATVoice allows Controller Trainees to interact with the situation through voice recognition using proper ATC phraseology. ATTower realistically reacts and responds to even the most complex situations.

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

Contact:

UFA, INC.
12 South Summit Avenue, Suite 220
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA

Anja Bellmann
UFA Marketing Department
+49 1522 28 95 141
anja@UFAinc.com

www.UFAinc.com

Rajiv J. Sood
Executive Vice President
+1 301 216 2717
soodr@UFAinc.com