UFA awarded contract to deliver ATCoach® Tactical Edition – AN/GPN-22 Precision Approach Radar Training System to United States Air Force

Woburn, MA. – 30 September 2005 UFA, Incorporated has been awarded a contract to provide its atcoach Tactical edition – an/gpn-22 Precision Approach Radar (PAR) Simulation and Training System to the United States Air Force. The contract was awarded after the successful USAF evaluation of two UFA AN/GPN-22 simulators over the last year. The evaluation demonstrated the high fidelity of the UFA system needed for USAF controller training. The contract calls for the delivery of six (6) additional simulators.

The ATCoach Tactical Edition PAR Simulator is a standalone system that can be deployed or used at fixed bases. The simulator includes UFA’s ATVOICE® product which provides a speaker independent voice recognition and response system avoiding the need for pseudo pilots during training exercises. The ATVOICE® TACTICAL EDITION product is also being used throughout the United States Army for approach and PAR controller training and supports the complete set of phraseology needed for these positions. This powerful system is easy to use, requires no additional staff to operate and comes with a complete set of Editors to allow the user to build additional exercises.

The first system has been delivered to the USAF and is being used to train controllers before deployment. The simulation fidelity and voice- recognition capability achieved with ATCOACH – TACTICAL EDITION has allowed the USAF to successfully provide controllers training in all performance skills required for PAR certification “just-in-time” for deployment and to meet contingency requirements.

Headquartered in Woburn, MA, UFA is a privately held software engineering firm specializing in Air Traffic Management simulation products. UFA’s comprehensive product line is in use around the world and in addition to ATCoach includes the ATTower®/ATView™ Tower Simulation and Visualization products and the ATVoice Voice Recognition and Response product. UFA maintains additional offices in Gaithersburg, Maryland and operates a wholly owned subsidiary, ATCSim GmbH, located in Mainz and Kaufbeuren, Germany.

Contact:
Rajiv J. Sood
UFA, Inc.
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Gaithersburg, MD 20877
USA
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soodr@UFAinc.com
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