Design and Manufacture Live and Training Voice Communication Systems for ATC Environments

In October 2012 Shoreham Airport in West Sussex, UK, became the first UK airport to install the very latest Troy VCS9808 system in its tower.  It replaced the original Troy 9000 series that had been in service at the airport since 1995.  The new system has three operator positions in the tower and an Engineer position, accessing 8 radio and 10 telephone interfaces.  Troy Engineers installed and commissioned the system and the CAA has fully approved the system for operational use.

In the year before the Shoreham installation the latest systems had been supplied to:

• Stepanakert Airport in Armenia, 3 positions with 16 radios and 24 assorted types of telephone interface.
• Egilsstadir Airport in Iceland, 2 positions with four radios and four telephone interfaces.
• Phnom Penh Airport in Cambodia.  A radio-only system with two positions and 6 radios.
• Siem Reap Airport in Cambodia.  This system is the same specification as for Phnom Penh.

In November 2012 we delivered a 12 position EVCS to Machester Airport. This order was followed by one from NATS Services to supply an Emergency VCS system for Birmingham Airport. This system was delivered in December 2012 and incorporates a Troy Landing Clearance Indicator System, (LCIS).  Both systems access eight radios and ten telephone lines.

During 2013 further Troy EVCS systems have been installed at Bristol and Farnborough Airports.  The Bristol system has five EVCS panels accessing five radio channels and five telephone lines.  The Farnborough system has twelve EVCS positions accessing 12 radio channels and up to twelve telephone lines.  It also incorporates a custom Landing Clearance Indicator system. 

Troy is currently building an EVCS for Glasgow Airport, due for delivery in April 2013, and other systems are planned.

In May 2013 Troy supplied its largest system to the latest specifications.  This has been installed at Gimhae Airport, South Korea.  It has 41 positions in six separate buildings and can access up to 35 main and 35 standby radios and 120 telephone lines of various types.

Also in May 2013 Troy supplied a first Tower VCCS to Sisimuit Airport in Greenland.  This system has two controller positions accessing up to eight radios and eight telephone lines.  It was installed and approved for use by the Danish Civil Aviation Authority.

All the work on live systems during 2013 has been supplemented by work on Training Systems.

Troy built a fourth training custom VCCS system for the Air Navigation Service of the Czech Republic, which was delivered in June 2013.  The previous 3 systems have a total of 57 positions and the new system increased this by 25 to 82.  All systems are installed in the main training college in Prague.

Recently this last system has been enhanced to allow remote control of the Troy system from the Radar Simulator.

During 2013 Troy also completed an upgrade to the NATS training Systems at CTC, Southampton and the new Prestwick Control Centre.  These systems have been in service now for some years and have a total of more than 220 VCCS positions.