SERA's Virtual ATC Solution for APT GBTS

Solution Features

Reduced IOS Workload through Automation

• Automated ATC responds to pilot voice transmissions.
• ATC-initiated transmissions issue instructions to own-ship and other simulated aircraft.
• Navigational data up-to-date and can accommodate USAF DAFIF data for administrative purposes (3.3.5.3.22).
• ATC-issued realistic Standard Instrument Departure (SID) and Standard Arrival Route (STAR) clearances exist for all Main Operating Bases, Specific Airfields and Generic Airfields, as defined in Appendix B.
• Intuitive, web-based IOS airfield selection (3.3.5.3.38).
• An included API enables a complete system-of-systems integration into the simulator.
• Synthetic ground controllers issue taxi instructions to and from active runways.

Simulated Traffic

• SERA-generated traffic realistically aviates, navigates, and communicates in shared airport and airspace environments.
• T-X pilots learn important cues by correlating audible radio traffic appropriate to the tuned frequency and location with visual ground, landing, and departing aircraft.
• SERA integrates with the simulator image generation (IG) system, ensuring external aircraft are correct in appearance, location, direction, etc.
• Traffic density aligns with current worldwide airline flight timetables, and instructors can adjust them to include general aviation and military entities based upon typical airbase traffic.
• IOS injects simulated controllers, each with its own voice and radio calls (3.3.5.3.11), yet the instructor can override automated ATC through IOS radio transmission.
• All civilian (e.g., visual, ILS, VOR/DME) and military (e.g., high/low key) approaches are available for the own-ship, multi-ship, and other simulated aircraft.
• Single ship and multi-ship flight formation support provide "Stand-alone/non-networked and networked/linked training virtual ATC" (3.3.5.1.6).
• Multiple TCAS profiles provided by the IOS (3.3.5.3.44).
• Touch-and-go landings (3.4.4.20).

Speech Recognition and Synthetic Speech

• SERA accommodates both FAA and ICAO standard phraseology, including extended ATC terms for USAF-specific maneuvers and base operations.
• SERA adjusts dozens of high-quality synthetic voices in diverse accents by pitch and delivery speed, giving each simulated entity a unique voice.
• Radio transmissions include background effects relevant to the speaker's location (e.g., inside a helicopter, piloting a jet, standing in a control tower, etc.).
• SERA's world-class ATC speech recognition engine understands and transcribes a variety of accents in noisy environments, and generates automated responses.

Additional Features

• Customers can choose from various Information Assurance (IA) options and incorporate them into the trainer's accreditation boundary. ASTi's IA options relieve technical staff from difficult, time-consuming IA chores and ensure Risk Management Framework (RMF) compliance.
• SERA is fully compatible with ASTi's Telestra system and integrates seamlessly with pilot and IOS communications and aural cue environment.
• SERA Pilot Phraseology Trainer teaches pilot communication skills before trainees step into the cockpit or as part of concurrency training. These real-time ATC interactions engage the student while building listening and speaking skills within a realistic aviation context. Performance feedback guides students toward proper phraseology and pronunciations.