Accelerate SWIM Implementation

Integration and exchange of flight, weather and aeronautical data through an on-premise or a cloud-based solution, enabling unprecedented data exchange across many airspace users and stakeholders

View the July 28, 2020 SWIM Implementation webinar here.

A central component of the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP), System Wide Information Management (SWIM) aims to create a seamless flow of aviation data on a global scale. Snowflake Software (acquired by Cirium) is a world leader in SWIM implementation, having successfully deployed the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) SWIM Gateway in the United Arab Emirates - one of only three such regional ‘SWIM Nodes’ including EUROCONTROL NM B2B and the FAA SWIM.

ICAO’s Global Air Navigation Plan lays out the roadmap for System Wide Information Management (SWIM) where data is exchanged freely between systems in an interoperable manner based on open standards, and 2019 is the start of the key transition period during which organizations must define and act upon their SWIM strategies.

ICAO’s Global Air Navigation Plan lays out the roadmap for System Wide Information Management (SWIM)

Proven SWIM Implementation

Using the Laminar Data Platform, Cirium enables Air Navigation Service Providers (ANSPs), Airlines and Airports to accelerate implementation of SWIM. Deployed operationally at numerous leading organizations, the Laminar Data Platform consolidates all forms of Flight, Weather and Aeronautical Information into a single authoritative source enabling Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) and efficient operations across all airspace users and stakeholders. Deployed standalone or as part of an ICAO Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU), this solution directly addresses the need for globally interoperable systems and data underpinning key industry initiative such as Air Traffic Flow Management (ATFM), Flight and Flow Information for a Collaborative Environment (FF-ICE) and Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM).

SWIM training

As experts in data management within aviation for over 10 years, the Snowflake Software team has worked with many organizations on their implementation of SWIM. This customizable training course, covers everything needed to know about SWIM, from why it is needed and how it can be implemented through to the individual standardized data-exchange models and protocols. Most importantly, it addresses how SWIM can bring benefits to your organization, systems and stakeholders.

Consultancy

To support the implementation of SWIM, a range of SWIM consultancy services is provided, including: setting up SWIM testbeds for the client and all stakeholders, running timeboxed proof of concepts to demonstrate the benefits of SWIM, advanced data transformations to SWIM standards or running internal SWIM requirements workshops. The goal is to leverage extensive experience in SWIM and data-exchange to ensure the client reaps the benefits of SWIM.

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SWIM Gateway for the GCAA, an industry use case

SWIM Gateway is a first of its kind solution designed for the GCAA and built by Snowflake Software, supporting the GCAA’s vision of being a “leading, safe, secure and sustainable civil aviation system”. Snowflake Software successfully installed the SWIM Gateway in the Sheik Zayed Air Navigation Centre’s (SZC) Research and Dataset System (RDS) environment in Abu Dhabi. As a non-disruptive solution, the installation resulted in zero downtime to operational systems, ensuring a seamless transition for the GCAA. SWIM Gateway enables the GCAA and its stakeholders to align with several of the Aviation System Block Upgrades (ASBU) within the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP).

Snowflake Software’s platform provides SWIM Gateway with end-to-end flight data management; the system receives, validates and publishes the most up-to-date flight planning and strategic tactical flow management data, enabling effective information exchange amongst all stakeholders in the region. SWIM Gateway receives the GCAA’s live FDPS, AMAN, DFLOW and ATS data feeds amongst others, to consume and output data in accordance with SWIM standards. By consolidating multiple data feeds, SWIM Gateway automates contextual validation of the flight plans throughout its Strategic, Pre-tactical and Tactical phases.

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