Welcome and Introductions

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Welcome and Introductions
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3rd AIXM User Conference

• Celebrate the release of AIXM 5
• Data model of aeronautical information
• AIXM 5 in Action
• Real world applications from AIS providers
• International adoption
• Availability of vendor support

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Introductions

• AIXM Conference Organizers
• Brett Brunk
• Edna Weitzman
• Kimberly Middleton
• Norm Wood
• Special thanks to
• Diana Liang - FAA
• David Lewtas - ICAO
• Eduard Porosnicu EUROCONTROL
• Miguel Declerk LUCIAD
• Jeff Bell NGA
• Don Smith CSSC
• Vinod Vallikat CGH Technologies
• Navin Vembar CNA Corporation
• Steve Chase MITRE/CAASD
• Dejan Demjanovic GEOEYE

• Sam Bacharach OGC
• Kevin Lynch ESRI
• Frank Suykens LUCIAD
• Iain Hammond MDA
• Colonel Edward Rosado USAF
• Thomas Lutz Frequentis
• Jim Simmons Oracle
• Paul Heffley L3 Comm.
• Subramanyam Nadavala L3 Comm.

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Why AIXM?
AIXM is the language of aeronautical information
and foundation for modernizing AIS

• Three Challenges
• Safety
• Capacity
• Institutional Issues
• One Opportunity
• Enabling next generation air traffic concepts

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AIS Safety Issues Information Overload and
Inconsistencies

• Pilot situational awareness, comprehension and
  synthesis jeopardized
• Customer Aeronautical Information Overload
• Customers need to
• Manually parse and evaluate multiple products
• Deal with inconsistent, missing, inaccurate
  information
• Use paper products
• Need multiple sources to get complete picture

We must transform to digital, consolidated,
globally-interoperable aeronautical information
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AIS CapacityImprove Predictability Through
Better Information

• Airport Capacity
• Airspace Capacity
• Weather
• Energy
• Environmental
• Air Traffic Operations
• Finance

Graphic taken from June 2005 NextGen Policy
Briefing (jpdo.gov)
Our customers need high-quality real-time
information to react efficiently in a dynamic
airspace environment.
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AIS Institutional Issues

• Policy issues
• Regulations
• Legal
• Liability
• Intellectual property
• Cost recovery
• Sovereignty
• Global standards
• Difficult to provide new services using legacy
  AIS concepts
• Potentially costly, inaccurate and unsafe

• xNOTAMs
• eAIP
• Custom Charts
• Electronic Flight Bag
• Cockpit Displays
• ADS-B
• FMS
• Obstacle data files
• Aerodrome Maps

We cannot support future requirements with a
business as usual approach.
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AIS OpportunityNext Generation Air Traffic System
Graphic taken from June 2005 NextGen Policy
Briefing (jpdo.gov)
Aeronautical Information is a crucial component
of next generation air traffic management
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Next Generation Air Traffic System
Continuous Flight Day Evaluation
On-Demand NAS Information
Continuous Flight Day Evaluation
On-Demand NAS Information
Continuous Flight Day Evaluation
On-Demand NAS Information
Next Generation ATS
Trajectory Based Management
Constrained Flight Planning
Trajectory Based Management
Constrained Flight Planning
Trajectory Based Management
Constrained Flight Planning
Dynamic Aeronautical Information NOTAM, Airspace
Status, Flow Constraints
AIXM The Information for NextGen
Static Aeronautical Information Charts, AIPs,
Adaptation
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Vision for AIM
AIM
Customers

• Data Stewards Suppliers

Pilots Airlines ATC Systems Military Charting

Airports Obstruction Evaluation Procedure
Development Airspace and Rules Military Forest
Service.
AIXM
AIXM
Common Operating Picture
AIXM
AIXM
AIXM
AIXM
AIXM
Collection
Distribution
International AI Exchange
Adapted from RTCA, Incorporated. Standards for
Processing Aeronautical Data. Report
RTCA/DO-200A. September 28, 1998.
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AIXM Enabling AIM Modernization
Provides globally applicable conceptual model
and exchange format for aeronautical
information Models temporality
Accommodates ICAO standards and recommendations
Annex 4 and 15 Accommodates industry
requirements ARINC 424/EUROCAE ED-99/RTCA DO-272
Uses XML and GML Is modular and extensible
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History of AIXM

• A EUROCONTROL initiative in 1997
• Active participation from US starting 2003
• Jointly developing AIXM 5 since 2005.

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Global Participation

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Canada

• Egypt
• France
• Germany
• Nigeria

• Pakistan
• Sweden
• Switzerland

• Tanzania
• United Kingdom
• United States

Exhibitors CGH Technologies Luciad GEOEYE,
Inc. Frequentis ESRI Infolution Computer
Services, Inc. Oracle Corporation
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2008 AIXM Users ConferencePurpose
Aeronautical Information is Global

• Announce AIXM 5
• Discover how AIXM is being used today
• Make contacts
• Plan and prepare for global interoperability