Not so long ago, a daring fellow named Orville Wright took off from a hazy field in North Carolina with his „homebuilt” airplane. He flew an impressive distance of 39 meters, then landed. That day, the Wright Flyer made four take-offs: the Wright brothers intended to take full advantage of the good weather on their… Continue reading TITAN – a smart layer upon Airport CDM
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Enterprise Architecture and service orientation – what is this?
Few abbreviations connected with the future air traffic management system have given rise to so many questions and misunderstandings as EA (Enterprise Architecture) and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture). In the United States both concepts are part and parcel of air traffic management system development since the marching orders were given by the Federal Government. In… Continue reading Enterprise Architecture and service orientation – what is this?
BluePower CDM Toolbox– The perfect tool for airport Collaborative Decision Making
Originally Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) was a simple concept indeed. Realizing that a lot of problems in air traffic management came from the simple fact that many of the partners simply did not talk to each other, it was easy to reach the conclusion: make them work together, stop decisions being made in isolation, improve… Continue reading BluePower CDM Toolbox– The perfect tool for airport Collaborative Decision Making
2009 Airline IT Trends Survey now available
The 2009 edition of the Airline IT Trends Survey, co-sponsored by Airline Business and SITA, is now available. You can purchase the full results on CD by sending an email. To download the very comprehensive Executive Summary, click here.
New directions for Airport Collaborative Decision Making (CDM)
What exactly is CDM? Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) is not a new concept. It is being practiced to a certain degree both in the US and in Europe, focus being on en-route in the former and airports in the latter. Mature as the concept may be, surprisingly we still see experts who seem to believe… Continue reading New directions for Airport Collaborative Decision Making (CDM)
Net-centric air traffic management system explained
Net-centric, in its most common definition, refers to “participation as a part of a continuously evolving, complex community of people, devices, information and services interconnected by a communications network to optimise resource management and provide superior information on events and conditions needed to empower decision makers.” It will be clear from the definition that “net-centric”… Continue reading Net-centric air traffic management system explained