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THG ranks as the number one large helicopter group in South Africa, with a diverse clientele including governments, parastatals, oil companies and relieve aid agencies. AD SOFTWARE IT solution supports maintenance and airworthiness via web-based access and mobile devices.

The Titan Helicopter Group of companies, consisting of various licensed operators, approved maintenance organisations and a technical training centre in South Africa, offers a diverse service to the Global Market through a culture of safety and excellence.

Following their decision to overhaul their legacy system THG led an exhaustive campaign to identify the best solution, testing different software in the process. AD SOFTWARE was able to comply with the ambitious time-frame defined by THG by sending a team of A/C data and CAMO experts on-site.

With 16 customers based in Africa and over 600 helicopters supported, AD SOFTWARE asserts its leading position on the market of MRO/CAMO software providers for rotary wing operators. The high ratio of revenues dedicated to R&D plus 20 years of expertise ensures AD SOFTWARE’s solutions are efficient and based on modern technologies.

Furthermore, AD SOFTWARE has teamed-up with several of its customers to build tailored solutions with the end-users and regulators in mind. The new modules have a fast time-to-market planning and are designed by aviation professionals. Thanks to these project-focused partnerships AD SOFTWARE is one of the only software providers in the aviation industry able to keep up with the permanent technological advancements.

Frederic Ulrich, CEO of ADS OFTWARE, commented: “We are extremely proud to work with THG. This is without a doubt one of the highlights of 2019 and a validation of our work methodology.” 

About ADSoftware

AD SOFTWARE is a major supplier of CAMO/MRO software solutions for helicopter and fixed wing operators across the globe. In its 20 years of existence it has steadily increased its user base to over 65 airlines by providing a scalable and cost-efficient solution. AD SOFTWARE is used by OEMs and operators for fleet of 5 to 100 aircraft.

Visit https://www.adsoftware.fr/ for more information.

Press Information:  c.henner@adsoftware.fr

General Information: c.henner@adsoftware.fr

Mar 24, 2020

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Infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), also known as cloud infrastructure services, is a form of cloud computing in which infrastructure services are provided to users via a cloud, through the internet. The offered Virtual Machines are all placed within an enterprise architecture-designed redundant environment, always with new and updated hardware and appliances deployed and maintained in tier-3 data centers. This gives the best performing and high-availability systems for a wide range of applications and services.

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With the PPS Hosting Solution, you reduce the risk of severe data loss and cyber security breaches. All systems are monitored around the clock. Monitoring consists of capturing and logging of incidents. This allows you to maintain operational readiness at all times without compromising internal IT security policies. Moreover, with extensive backup storage and full roll-back support, historical and recent data can easily be retrieved. Virtual Machines are also placed within an enterprise architecture-designed redundant environment and maintained in Danish Tier 3 data centers protected by High Availability (HA) firewall technology. 

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The PPS Hosting Solution includes individual or shared Virtual Machines, which can be accessed anywhere, anytime – you only need internet access. They are built for top-performance during the flight planning process and come packed with great hardware specifications, including best-capacity server nodes, over commitment physical CPU cores, dedicated memory, next-gen storage system technology and more.

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Tuesday 10 March 2020 – SITA is accelerating innovation in air traffic control (ATC) communications as part of Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program, alongside key industry partners including NASA and long-standing airline customer, Etihad. 

The program tests pioneering and promising technologies that aim to solve air transport industry challenges for airlines and passengers, as well as enhancing sustainability. The most recent program saw the implementation of such technologies onboard a Boeing 777 and tests a total of 50 different projects.

SITA’s involvement in the program highlights the strength of its SITA FOR AIRCRAFT portfolio, which delivers the promise of the connected aircraft by providing services that enable communication between aircraft, ground systems, ATC and other operators. 

SITA is working in collaboration with Honeywell to optimize the transmission of digital information between pilots, ATC and airline operations centers (AOCs) using Internet Protocol Suites (IPS). The technology supports Boeing’s ambition of testing technologies that focus on the enhancement of flight operations and safety, with the potential to drastically improve ATC communications and end-to-end data exchanges.

Following the completion of successful trials, the migration from ACARS protocols to IPS could benefit airlines by offering commonality across mainstream communications channels, as well as next-generation network compatibility and enhanced security. 

SITA’s testing of these capabilities, through Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator initiative, has an important role to play in today’s ground-to-air connectivity landscape and the increasing pressure on traditional communications protocols.

The implementation comes as part of SITA’s work to evolve a multilink aircraft communications ecosystem, as a world leader in IPS. Central to this approach is SITA’s ability to integrate multiple networks, both proprietary and third-party, enabling seamless fallback and a vital system that inspires industry-wide confidence. 

Mike Sinnett, Vice President of Product Strategy and Future Airplane Development at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, said: “It’s exciting to welcome SITA onboard our debut 777 ecoDemonstrator to address some of the challenges facing airline operations and air traffic control. This is a key area in assessing the technologies that will make our skies safer and more efficient, for Boeing, and the wider industry.”

Dominique El Bez, Vice President Product and Strategy, SITA FOR AIRCRAFT, said: “Reinforcing flight safety and optimization remain priorities for airlines and air traffic managers. That’s why SITA is working to build and optimize a multilink communications ecosystem. By working with the Boeing ecoDemonstrator to test these solutions faster and with greater fidelity, we hope to continue to develop our end-to-end, fault-resistant solutions for enhanced aircraft communications, whatever the satellite network or connectivity platform.”

SITA FOR AIRCRAFT is one of SITA’s three domains of expertise, alongside SITA AT AIRPORTS and SITA AT BORDERS. These domains of expertise bring together SITA’s technology solutions and services with in-depth knowledge of industry processes and systems. 

To find out more about SITA FOR AIRCRAFT’s aircraft communications services, visit the website, speak to your local SITA FOR AIRCRAFT contact, or submit an enquiry form.

Ottawa-Based Airline Gains a Single System for Authoring and Compliance Management

Beloit, WI, USA – March 5, 2020 – Aviation software leader Comply365 is pleased to welcome Canadian North to its customer base with a multiyear contract that will transform the operational information flight crew members must access into “smart manuals” and improve the airline’s compliance management system. 

Comply365’s ProAuthor, an end-to-end operational content and compliance management system, will replace multiple disparate systems at the Ottawa, Canada-based airline while delivering more personalized and relevant content to their pilots, flight attendants, and maintenance technicians.

“We needed to establish consistency across our operational manuals, and we wanted a single system to manage and deliver our operational content as well as track end-user compliance,” Canadian North President & CEO Chris Avery said. “Comply365 is used widely across Canada and the United States, and the great feedback we’ve heard from other airlines helped solidify our choice in this trusted brand.”

Canadian North, which recently merged with First Air, provides passenger service across 25 destinations within the Northwest Territories, Nunavik and Nunavut, from its southern gateways of Ottawa, Montreal, and Edmonton. It is also the premier charter service provider and delivers essential goods across very remote areas of northern Canada.

Using ProAuthor, more than 400 employees in the Flight Operations, Inflight and Maintenance departments at Canadian North now will receive smart manuals on their tablets that reduce the data required to download updates, which was especially important because of the limited connectivity in the remote areas the airline serves.

“We warmly welcome Canadian North and look forward to providing them with a solution to boost their end-user compliance while replacing multiple systems to efficiently manage complex processes in a single documentation system that works across the airline,” Comply365 CEO Tom Samuel said. “Canadian North now has the power to deliver more personalized information to flight crews so they can safely and more efficiently travel to places that are essentially off the grid.”

Lufthansa Systems & Intermap Technologies obtain first EASA certification for global terrain data Lufthansa Systems & Intermap Technologies obtain first EASA certification for global terrain data Lufthansa Systems & Intermap Technologies obtain first EASA certification for global terrain data

Lido Surface Data NEXTView receives EASA Service Provider Type 1 Certificate, becoming the first certified aviation terrain product on the market

Raunheim, March 4, 2020 – Lufthansa Systems and Intermap Technologies announced that Lido Surface Data NEXTView has received the Service Provider Type 1 Certificate from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Lido Surface Data NEXTView is the world’s first high-resolution, global terrain dataset specifically designed for the aviation industry. It provides the highest quality of data with continual updates and incorporates Lido’s aerodrome database, significantly increasing the accuracy around aerodromes. The solution is currently the only certified digital surface model on the market that fulfills all relevant industry standards.

Lido Surface Data NEXTView was developed in collaboration with Intermap Technologies, an industry leader in geospatial intelligence solutions with long-standing expertise in the field of digital elevation models. “We are extremely proud to be the first to receive an EASA certificate for our newly developed terrain product,” said Michael Sauter, Senior Product Owner for Aeronautical Data at Lufthansa Systems. “Lido Surface Data NEXTView is further enriching our aeronautical data portfolio and provides a fundamental database for the increasingly digitally driven future of mobility.”

With the newly certified terrain product, Lufthansa Systems is enabling the aviation industry to further enhance solutions such as:

• synthetic vision systems (SVS) as well as enhanced and combined vision systems (EVS, CVS), which provide pilots with greater situational awareness; and
• terrain awareness and ground proximity warning systems (TAWS, EGPWS), which allow aircraft and helicopters to maintain a safe distance from the ground.

Furthermore, the solution serves the wider aviation market by enabling the development of innovative applications for:

• flight planning, procedure design and performance calculations; and
• drone operations and drone planning, increasing the efficiency of flight operations.

“This announcement is a milestone for Intermap Technologies’ data business,” said Patrick Blott, Chairman and CEO of Intermap Technologies. “With the certification of Lido Surface Data NEXTView, we are now able to work with our partners at Lufthansa Systems to consistently and globally deliver high-resolution information that aviators and airlines need to improve the customer experience, navigation and safety. Commercial airlines, UAV companies and governments all over the world can rely on their subscriptions to the Lido Surface Data NEXTView data to power critical automated systems and make flying even safer and more efficient.”

March 2, 2020 – Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced today that Japan Airlines (JAL) has deployed Viasat’s Aerodocs® document management system to support the airline’s safety and compliance objectives.

Aerodocs is an aviation-grade document management solution that is providing JAL with complete control over the editing, distribution and viewing of original equipment manufacturer documentation, in addition to critical flight reference handbooks, maintenance manuals and operational manuals.

Recently named the most on-time mainline airline in 2018 in the Asia-Pacific region by FlightGlobal, JAL continues to invest in solutions to further enhance their award-winning operations.

“We continue to invest in the enhancement of aircraft operational safety, as it is a top priority. Viasat Aerodocs allows us to effectively organize and manage documents to further enhance aircraft safety while helping us meet critical regulatory and compliance requirements,” said Captain Tatsuo Mori, vice president and chief pilot, Flight Operation Department, Japan Airlines. He added “the system’s intuitive approach and unique capabilities ensures that critical information is maintained in the right place and is accessible at all times. Having the ability to manage workflows in a more integrated manner, along with tracking read and unread documents, delivers significant value in helping us enhance our safety. While we evaluated a number of different solutions, we agreed that the Viasat Aerodocs product delivered the most comprehensive offering to transform our information management strategy.”

“Our airline partners around the globe are investing in new technologies that will expand their digital transformation strategies in order to increase collaboration, improve operations and help make more informed, data-driven decisions,” said Dave Elliott, managing director, Viasat Ireland. “The Aerodocs system uses information intelligence to enable digital transformation in air operations, helping airlines, like JAL, to strike a balance between meeting safety and compliance needs and operational efficiencies that contribute to an improved passenger experience.”

For more information about Aerodocs visit Viasat’s website here.