India’s quest to modernise its armed forces resounds in the global Aerospace & Defence industry, and most international players in industry show a great interest here. One such company is the Denmark-based aerospace & defence company Terma.

The company recognises the potential in the Indian market in several of its core markets, which include Air Traffic Management (ATM) & Air Defence C2 systems and Self-Protection for aircraft.

Terma has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in the ATM business, and remains a truly global provider with more than 300 ATM installations world wide. For instance Terma’s ATM solutions have recently been delivered to British National Air Traffic Service as part of the solutions for the Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick towers.

In Heathrow Terma’s information support system ATC*ISS Tower has been supplied. ATC*ISS is designed to support air traffic controllers enabling them to switch between computer screens, monitors, paper notes etc. on one controller workstation screen. This provides the staff with one-stop access to updated and validated information.
ATC*ISS won Jane’s Airport Industry Award at the ATC Maastricht in 2005.

Flexibility Equals Success
Terma’s success in the market, where competition from much larger companies is fierce, is largely due the company’s flexibility. Vice President for AIR Systems, the Business Unit responsible for ATM and Air Defence solutions, Mr. Niels Hersoug, explains:

- The thing is that our solutions are based on a common software platform called T-Core, which offers limitless opportunities for integration across systems including any legacy system. We strive to walk the extra mile and deliver what the customer needs, which sometimes is different from what the customer is asking for, and absolutely different to common behaviour in a customer supplier relationship. However, this focus on the needs, obtained by close dialogue, is the recipe for durable solutions tailored to a long life with a satisfied customer.

Terma’s emphasis on flexibility is witnessed by the fully flexible human machine interface (HMI), which allows the user to define exactly how he wants his information to be presented on the screen, including sensor data, layered data maps, video and PDF documents.