Adacel Awarded Contract to Provide Tower Displays to NAV Portugal

Adacel (ASX:ADA) announced today it has been awarded a contract from NAV Portugal to provide tower displays at three airports in the Azores.

NAV Portugal uses Adacel’s Aurora ATM system to control traffic throughout the Santa Maria Flight Information Region in the North Atlantic. With this contract award the system will be extended to provide approach and tower control for the airports of Ponta Delgada, Horta and Santa Maria. In addition, two oceanic traffic displays will be installed in Lisbon Centre to facilitate coordination with Santa Maria centre.

This latest contract follows several successful system upgrades that Adacel has implemented for NAV Portugal since 2004. These have included replacement of all the system hardware, implementation of CPDLC, radar functionality and safety nets and improvements to the systems training capabilities. This new contract represents the second order for Adacel in the past year to provide traffic displays and electronic flight strips for air traffic control towers.

Alexandre Oliveira, a member of the NAV Portugal Board of Directors, stated that: “The extension of the Santa Maria system to provide approach and tower control will improve air traffic services in the Azores. We have been highly satisfied with the support we receive from Adacel and look forward to another successful project.”

“Adacel’s ATM team is focused on providing the best tools to manage airspace safely and expeditiously,” said Fred Sheldon, Adacel CEO North America. “It is gratifying to work so closely with Nav Portugal to help them achieve their mission objectives.”

Adacel and NAV Portugal are partners in a Project AIRE consortium currently under contract from the SESAR JU to conduct trajectory optimization trial flights. These flights are being conducted through the Santa Maria airspace and into the adjacent US controlled oceanic airspace where Adacel’s Aurora software also provides the oceanic ATM automation capability.

About Adacel

Adacel’s technology revolutionizes speech applications for operational direct voice input control systems and interactive control of computer generated entities in training systems. Our ATC simulators lead global efforts to safely optimize controller training. Adacel's Aurora ATM includes capabilities envisaged for FAA NextGen and EUROCONTROL SESAR programs; providing enabling technology for initiatives to promote airspace efficiency and reduce aviation related carbon emissions.

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