The FANS Group is your:
ICAO PANS-AIM/D-AIM Consulting Agency
Whether you are a single Airport, Group of Airports, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) or a Commercial Operator, TFG can help you resolve your AIM requirements; present (AIS) or future (AIM)
What we do
Whichever phase of the D-AIM ASBU your organization is focussed on:
Gap Assessment, Planning, Development, Validation, Implementation or Commissioning, TFG adds value!
AIS to AIM Gap Analysis
We explore with you the trio of Airspace, Airports and ATM, for your facility, region or nation. We assess where you are, what are your CAA/ANSP constraints, your Regional ICAO objectives, and what is the most effective path to meet your Goals for D-AIM fulfillment.
AIS to PANS-AIM Planning
We support your evolution from AIS to PANS-AIM commissioning must include concise and achievable plans for upgrading what AIM you have that exists but is not PANS-AIM compliant, versus that AIM that must be Originated.
Aeronautical Data Quality (ADQ) for PANS-AIM
We support compliance with ADQ, which can only be achieved with strict adherence to a formal process that incorporates all of the key elements:(a) Horizontal & Vertical Reference System, (b) Temporal Reference System & Units of Measure, (c) Data Product Specifications & Processing thereof, and (d) Data Exchange, using AIRAC and SWIM mechanisms
PANS-AIM Data Origination
TFG expertise is in the end-to-end GIS manufacture from: Remote Sensing (via Satellite, Aerial or UAS) that is transformed using ADQ processing which adheres to Industry standards (EUROCAE, RTCA, EASA, ARINC, others), into AIM that is compliant with your ICAO Aeronautical Data Catalog (ADC)
PANS-AIM for Avionics Databases
We can support the creation of down-steam sources of AIM databases such as ARINC-424-nn and ARINC-816-3 such as is required by all of the major Avionics Suppliers. Such databases can support EFIS, EFB, HUD, and similar requirements
AI Considerations for PANS-AIM
Many individual airports, operators, and CAA/ANSP are exploring the possibilities and promises that Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be integrated with AIM to facilitate and improve the real-time capabilities of collecting, validating and distributing AIM.
We can assist your exploration of these opportunities in both metaphors: (i) rules-based AI and (ii) machine learning AI
Our Latest Work
Some examples of previous projects, in Asia, North America and the EU.
Our Skills
Our skills include the “trifecta” of ADQ requirement: (a) skill in all applicable standards, (b) skill in Remote Sensing acquistion and AIM feature capture, and (c) depth and breadth in PANS-AIM manufacture
Our AIM experts have spent decades embracing the four cornerstones of the Aeronautical Data Catalog (ADC) operational concepts:
- ICAO Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP), Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU)
- Aeronautical Data Quality (ADQ) which must be the starting point for all downstream activities
- ICAO Annexes, and specialty PANS-AIM and associated AIM standards
- EUROCAE, RTCA, ARINC and other applicable Industry Standards for the actual implementation
Let us know how TFG can aid your path to PANS-AIM:
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inquiries@thefansgroup.aero