The document provides information about IDS CRONOS, a complete and reliable system for managing aeronautical information from IDS Corporation. It discusses IDS's involvement in aeronautical information management, describing the IDS AIM solution and the logical architecture and software of IDS CRONOS. The system aims to provide benefits such as integrated communication between systems and flexibility to meet future requirements.

1. IDS CRONOS
Complete Reliable Operable NOtam System
2012
Marcello Davide Mannino
Air Navigation Division, business development manager
Via Flaminia, 1068 - 00189 Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 06 33217 452
E-mail: m.mannino@idscorporation.com
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2. Topics
Introduction
IDS Involvement in AIM
IDS AIM Solution
IDS CRONOS Logical and SW
Architecture
Aeronautical Events
Benefits & Future Enhancements
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3. History
Since 1992 IDS Air Navigation Division is devoted to provide industries, civil
and military national air navigation agencies and organizations with products
and services aimed at:
• Optimize Aeronatical Information Service workflows in compliancy with
aeronautical standards and the mandate for data quality
• Ensure efficiency of Engineering Processes in the design and ground
validation of aeronautical data
• Nowadays ease the transition from AIS to AIM in the fields of aeronautical
and land use data processing and management, information distribution,
airspace and flight procedure design and validation
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4. IDS in Air Navigation
IDS is recognized as leading solution and service provider in the AIM arena
• Aeronautical information management and data distribution
• Aeronautical charting
• AIP and other documents production
• Flight procedures design and validation
• Safety assessment through simulation
• Airspace Management, military and civil operation coordination
• Navigation aids and GNSS performances assessment
• Airport operations upgrade and navigation capacity assessment
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5. Industry Participation
ICAO IFPP Flight Procedure Panel | ICAO AFSG Aeronautical Fixed Services Group| EAD (European AIS Database) definition and
development since 1999 | Eurocontrol AISTEC ACCB (AIXM Change Control Board) | Eurocontrol CHAIN (Controlled and Harmonized
Aeronautical Information Network) | Eurocontrol TOD (Terrain and Obstacle Database): implementation of Amendment 33 to ICAO Annex
15 | EUIR (common European Upper Information Region) definition within the frame of the Single Sky program | NATO TCP Terminal
Instrument Procedures | xNOTAM (Digital NOTAM) trial & relevant workgroup | CANSO AIM Working Group
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6. Flexible/Scalable approach
enterprise solutions for ANSPs
DDD
Digital Data Distribution and
ARINC 424, AIXM, DAFIF External Connections
Aeronautical Coms
AFTN/AMHS, ATN Routers SPATIA Suite
Notam/MET/FPL/PIB IAS Suite
eTOD Suite Aeronautical Data
Terrain & Obstacle Database Management
Obstacle Charting
AeroDB
AIXM 5.1
FPDAM & ASD Suite EMACS Suite
Flight Procedures Design, CNS/ATM equipment performance
Airspace Management & Coordination Cockpit & Airport Sims assessment, Virtual Flight Inspection
From IFP ground validation to capacity
and safety assessments
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7. Application-Oriented Solutions for Airports
Hi-PAVE
SMF/PAPI Runway Pavement Assessment
PAPI Alignment
eTOD SPATIA Console
Airport Surveys for Aeronautical Notam/MET/FPL/PIB
Obstacle Data Collection
BILLSYS
Aeronautical Billing System
PLX TBA3D
Workflow and Task Management, Safety and capacity
peripherial coordination and data entry increase assessment, ATS
procedures testing
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8. AIS Matters WorldWide
What about today’s distributed AIS information (mainly AIP
and NOTAM)?
Aeronautical Info distribution based on:
paper charts
paper documentation & DVD
telex – based messages
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much of the data is entered more than once CAMPIONI DEL MONDO
CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD
different computers MEISTER DER WELT
CHAMPIONS DU MONDE
Rarely Usage of Services CAMPEONES DEL MUNDO
CAMPE/ES DO MUNDO
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9. Limitations & Suggestions
 The Nature of these AIS products  AIM system would effectively link the
limit the achievement of: full range of services from airspace
An integrated and design to flight planning, airport
interoperable ATM system operations planning and flight
separation assurance
An increase in air traffic
capacity and flows
Reduced operational costs Fully digital interoperable
for aircraft operators systems that enable dynamic
A minimization of the context based retrieval and
environmental impact of delivery of aeronautical
air traffic
information
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10. ICAO & AIM
eCharts
eAIP
(Dig) NOTAM
SDO Data Packages
Meteo Info in-flight information
bulletins
“The right digital information, at the right place, at the right time.”
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11. IDS CRONOS
 Production System (SPATIA)  R&D System (xNOTAM)
 It has been released last
 It is used for December. xNOTAM is one of
 NOTAM Messages the first implementations of:
Collection and  Aeronautical Events
Distribution  NOTAM Messages from
Events
 FPL Messages Collection  FPL Messages Collection
and Distribution and Production
 Briefing Functionality  Incremental Briefing
Functionalities
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12. Logical Architecture
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13. Logical Architecture
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14. Main Drivers
AIXM 5 adoption enables the provision of truly “Digital
NOTAM”, where, in addition to the static baseline
information, the dynamic data can be interpreted by
computers.
Basically, a digital NOTAM eliminates the free form text
contained within a NOTAM and replaces the text with a
series of structured Aeronautical Events, a “dataset
made available through digital services containing
information concerning the establishment, condition or
change in any aeronautical facility, service, procedure or
hazard, the timely knowledge of which is essential to
systems and automated equipment used by personnel
concerned with flight operations”
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15. Main Drivers
Pilots & Airlines NOF Operators Aeronautical Users
IDS CRONOS
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16. Topics
Deeply Integrated with IDS
AIS Systems
No duplicated data
PLX, IAS, ACUAREA4D
Integrated
Event Driven Architecture
What matters is the
information, not how
it is distribuited
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17. Topics
Web Service Oriented
GIS Extension
Integrated textual &
graphic data views
Validation capabilities
Graphic interaction
with static & dynamic
Layers
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18. Advanced Enquiry
Aeronautical Static &
Dynamic data Layer selection
Query Result graphic
visualization
Advanced searching criteria:
 Airport
 Airspace
 Geographical Area
 FIR
 NAVAIDS
 NOTAM Properties
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19. NOTAM Creation
Manual Creation of NOTAM starting from Free Text Form
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20. D-NOTAM Creation
Automated Creation of NOTAM starting from Events related to
Aeronautical features
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21. (x)NOTAMs
 Wizard driven event creation
ensuring all required attributes
are filled
 Static database integration
minimizes errors in referencing
existing entities
 Dedicated GUIs enabling effective
validation of critical data
 Geographical data view
 Temporality GUIs
 Template driven standard and
digital NOTAM creation improving
readability and exchanging
 Enhanced validation for Digital
NOTAM
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22. MET Messages
• Management service for the
automation of a National MET office
– Management of Meteo MSGs
METAR(SA), SPECI(SP), TAF(FT/FC), SIGMET(WS/WC/WV),
AIRMET(WA), ARFOR(FA), GAMET(FA), SYNOP(SM),AIR
Report (UA), WINTEM(FB), ADWarnings(WO), Tropical
Cyclone Advisory(FK), & Volcanic Ash Advisory(FV)
– Sends/receives MET messages to/from
AFTN or AMHS systems
– Receives MET messages from SADIS
– WMO compliant forms for the creation
of MET messages
– Validation engine for both domestic
and foreign MET messages
– Flexible MET querying & reporting
– Automated response to received RQM
messages
– MET bulletin dissemination and
distribution
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23. Out Flight Bulletins
• Management service for the automation of a National ARO office
– Management of ARO MSGs
– Sends/receives FPL messages/Objects
to/from AFTN or AMHS systems
– ICAO DOC 4444
compliant forms
for 2012 FPL format
– Validation engine
for domestic
and foreign FPLs
– Support for RPLs
– FPL querying
& reporting
– Geographical
visualization
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24. Out Flight Bulletins
WMS Meteo Data
Visualization
Multi – Format PIB
Graphical
Textual
Updated via SMS,
email…
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25. Data Integrity & Efficacy
Single AIS database – no
data duplication neither
data entry
Static&Dynamic data flows
(PERM NOTAM, trigger
NOTAM, supplements)
Native Integrated Views on
static and dynamic data
NOTAM Proposal interface
availability
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26. Concept of Operations
Internal Users External Users
AIM Officers Airlines
NOTAM Officers Pilots
Users Flight Planning Officers General Aviation
MET Officers Airports
Briefing Officers Foreign AIS/AIM
Briefing Messaging
Service Service Self- Self-Service
Services Service FPL
NOF MET ARO Briefing Submission
Service Service Service
Technologies SOA
Web- AIXM AMHS
HTTP GIS RDBMS
High-
Services v5.1 AFTN Availability
Flight Static Aircraft
Information Information Data
NOTAMs OPMETs Charts AIP
Info
Terrain
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27. CRONOS Logical Arch
 Integrated System able to provide AIM
Services from a workstation or mobile
device to Pilots, NOF operators, and
Aeronautical User
GUI
 Advanced architecture based on two layers
Event and a collaborative network
Subsystem  Event Subsystem manages the AIM data
workflow as EVENTS that generates/consume
messages
Communication
Subsystem  Communication Subsystem exchanges AIM
messages between different sources or networks
Net
Work Event
 SWIM Functions offers a standard based
Store interface between 2 Subsystem, Datastores and
AeroDB IDS other tools (IDS or legacy)
World SW
MSG
Store
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28. Benefits & Enhancements
Robust: the logical layer separation enhances redundancy, provides multi-level and
multi-scope data validation, and ensures complete AIM data workflow management
Integrated communication between existing or future systems, fulfilling both AIS
and AIM needs. The communication layer manages the message exchange between
different sources and through different networks
Flexible: multi-tier approach provides a clean update path for the provision of new
functionalities, more configuration options to meet customer needs, and a flexible and
open architecture ready to meet future requirements and needs
Event Driven Application Integration and Web Services adoption will
make the integration easier between Static and Dynamic Datastores – Web
Aeronautical Data Editor for Static Aeronautical Data (W.A.D.E.)
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29. Thank you
Questions ?
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