Wavionix
Software, the industry leaders in procedures design announced
a new joint venture company with ISI (Innovative Solutions
International Inc.) the industry leaders in satellite navigation
systems architecture at the ICAO CNS/ATM Systems conference
last year.
The objective of the joint venture is to
pool both companies' expertise in the field of air navigation
to launch a completely new software tool to design GPS/GNSS
procedures. Over the past year, WISI has been developing a
software tool, which will allow the user to create a GPS procedure
to TERPS criteria detailing the approach to any aerodrome.
This resulting procedure can be visually presented in a two
dimensional format.
By utilising data from the GPS system a
high degree of accuracy and safety is achieved in the calculations
of the resulting procedures. Furthermore, the software is
fully automated so that all the user has to do is input the
specific data of the aerodrome and the program accurately
calculates any objects that may penetrate the protection surfaces.
Says Bob Loh, President of ISI, who has led the architecture
and development of the application of Global Positioning System
(GPS), for civil aviation and the architecture of the Wide
Area Augmentation System (WAAS) as the Chief Scientist to
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)'s Satellite Navigation
Office.
"Potentially every runway and every airport can benefit from
a GPS-based procedure. In the US alone, there could be over
10,000 GPS-based approach procedures"..../2
NEW JOINT VENTURE : WISI Says Patrick Aisher,
President of WISI; "Wavionix already has the industry leading
software tool for procedures design to ICAO standards, which
has been fully tried and tested and is being used in an operational,
analytical and regulatory capacity throughout the world.
Over the past couple of years we have established an excellent
working relationship with ISI. Wavionix has been focused on
entering the expanding market for GPS procedures and it became
obvious that we should do this with ISI, not only because
of their relevant and complimentary expertise, but also because
of ISI's established infrastructure in supporting civil aviation
authorities in America and other countries around the world".
February 1999
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