IFAIMA - International Federation of Aeronautical Information Management Associations, is pleased to announce the joint organization of the Global AIM 2013 and ICAO EUR/MID AIM/SWIM Seminar.

It’s our believe that, while some States are pretty much advanced on AIM/SWIM Implementation, others haven’t quite really started and need all the assistance they can get.

In collaboration with ICAO, Eurocontrol, DHMI - Turkish ANSP and TAIMA - Turkish AIM Association, IFAIMA is performing this 2013 Joint Event in Istanbul, Turkey which will also celebrate the 60^th Anniversary of AIS - “AIS-Jubilee”.

The theme will be, “AIM support to seamless ATM in a SWIM environment”. It’s important we continue to involve all the stakeholders on the procurement of the AIM/SWIM important objectives.

An exhibition area parallel to the Conference will also be available where you can get acquainted with representatives of the industry and their state of the art AIM products. They will be there to provide and assist the participants with their expertise, demonstrating how their products work first hand.

On behalf of the above mentioned organizations, we're pleased to invite you to be present on this event which will take place from the 14^th to the 17^th May 2013 at the Swissôtel The Bosphorus, Istanbul.

General Main Topic Draft Agenda

Session 1 : Welcome

Session 2 : What is SWIM and its impact on AIM

Session 3 : AIM state of play (Regional and National AIM activities)

Session 4 : 60^th Anniversary of Annex 15

Session 5 : AIS to AIM towards SWIM

Session 6 : AIM Developments

Session 7 : Closing

You may find information about IFAIMA and the Conference on IFAIMA website http://www.ifaima.org.

Comsoft has received a contract from Egypt's National Air Navigation Services (NANSC) to modernise Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) in the country's air traffic control (ATC) centres and airports.

As part of the contract, Comsoft will install its CADAS Aeronautical Information Management (AIM) system, which has successfully completed factory acceptance tests performed by NANSC's AIS team.

In the initial phase, Comsoft will install the AIM system at Cairo Air Navigation Center (CANC), which can be accessed remotely by Egypt's five major airports, including Aswan, Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada, Luxor and Alexandria through the internet.

During the second phase of the project, the remaining nine domestic airports in Egypt will be linked to the main AIM system.

NANSC project director Mahmoud Ramadan said that COMSOFT and NANSC have been working together since 2008.

"Upgrading our AIM systems is vital for the long-term, sustainable air traffic growth that is forecast for Egypt," Ramadan said.

Compatible with latest standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and EUROCONTROL, the new system is expected to serve existing and future digital notices to airmen (NOTAM) through the use of AIXM 5.1 database.

The database incorporates flight plan management and briefing applications in addition to the aeronautical information publication (AIP), which allow users to access appropriate aeronautical data.

The contract also includes delivery of COMSOFT Internet Security Appliance (CISECA), which uses a layered security system to protect vital AIM operations and applications from illegal access and malicious infringements, as well as ensuring secured IP and web-based communications.

Comsoft has recently delivered FPL 2012 conversion solution to NANSC, in addition to the earlier installation of its aeronautical message handling system (AHMS).

The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (CAAZ) has awarded COMSOFT a contract for the delivery and installation of a fully integrated AIM solution in line with the latest AIXM 5.1 standard. The system will cover the handling of national aeronautical AIXM, NOTAM and FPL data including eAIP and chart production.

The new CADAS AIM system will be fully compatible with “ICAO’s roadmap AIS to AIM” which details the transition requirements for air navigation service providers. The system’s unique AIXM 5.1 database enables the seamless integration of other AIM applications like the eAIP production, supporting the latest EUROCONTROL eAIP 2.0 standard, or the charting tool ACCENT for a data driven and automated chart production. Equipped with this innovative database, the AIM system in Harare will be optimally prepared for the support of future Digital NOTAM applications.

Upon commissioning, Zimbabwe will not only be the first country of the South African Development Community to support AIXM 5, but will operate the region’s most modern AIM system setting the benchmark for quality of ATCrelated data.

The new AIM components will be integrated with existing AIS products of the Zimbabwean air navigation service provider who has been operating a COMSOFT system for NOTAM briefing and flight plan management since 2009. Even more time has elapsed since the installation of the first COMSOFT messaging solution in 1997. All systems have met the customer’s expectations entirely prompting CAAZ to put COMSOFT in charge of modernising their ATC
infrastructure.

In the process of the installation all related systems will be upgraded to meet ICAO’s flight plan changes in November 2012.

(   Source  /   http://www.canso.org/cms/showpage.aspx?id=4227    )  

01 Jun 2012

Global AIM conference,  Buenos Aires, Argentina 28- 30 May 2012.