NAN-H-84
Automation
By Sumaila Ogbaje
Abuja, Nov. 7, 2016 (NAN) The Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has solicited the cooperation of data originators and other stakeholders to ensure smooth take-off of the Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) Automation project.
NAMA stated this in the Weekly Publication of its Public Affairs Department obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in Abuja on Monday.
The agency stated that its partners should also help to enhance the AIS sustainability.
NAMA stated that the project, in 11 locations, was expected to be completed and launched in December 2017.
Mr Emma Anasi, Acting Managing Director of the Agency, called on key agencies to enhance their data collation, origination, processing, storage and exchange system to meet the requirement of the project.
The key agencies, according to Anasi , include Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) and Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT).
Others are the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Air Force.
He said the facility would link Nigeria to a centralised aeronautical database that would be connected to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) AFI Region Centralized Aeronautical Information Database (AFI-CAT).
Anasi said that the 26 VSAT facilities in various airports nationwide under the AIS Automation project, would provide a structure for the exchange and management of flight operations, aerodrome, safety, and meteorological, financial as well as administrative information.
“This network of information flow from service providers or data originators to airlines or airspace users would create the required environment for airport collaborative decision making.
“Other deliverables will include the enhancement of e-NOTAM, e-Flight Planning, e-AIP, e-TOD, e-Charts, e-Flight briefing and also boost capacity for voice and data communication for both air-to-ground and ground-to-ground communication,’’ Anasi said. (NAN)
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