ACE-IDS Air Traffic Control Display Systems
AWI provides state-of-the-art, COTS air traffic control display systems to
improve efficiency and safety within the air traffic control environment.
AWI's next-generation systems offer the ideal combination of performance and
value, providing ACE-IDS compatibility at a lower cost-per-workstation.
Designed for air traffic control towers, radar approach control facilities,
automated flight service stations, and airport and military airfields, these
systems meet the demanding performance standards for air traffic control established
by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
and international agencies.
Proven FAA Track Record
Deployment - AWI's field-hardened capabilities include five years
of deploying over 800 ACE-IDS workstations at 70+ locations on schedule, on
budget, and meeting all specification requirements. AWI has produced and deployed
ACE-IDS throughout the US and Guam, demonstrating the ability and dedication
required to successfully execute government contracts.
Customer Satisfaction - AWI is committed to satisfying its customers
and responding to their needs. This includes:
- Contractor Maintenance - After initial support, maintenance was smoothly transitioned to the FAA technical support group in February 2006.
- Installation - To keep installation activities on track, AWI initiates
bi-weekly conference calls with site representatives and the program office.
These meetings allow all issues (AT, Technical Operations, ANI, AWI and
Program office) to be addressed and actions to be assigned and tracked.
- Site Installation Plans - A CDRL for each site, these plans become the
contract document governing installation activities. To capture new or changing
site requirements, AWI provides additional updates (beyond CDRL requirements),
as needed.
Acquisition Success - The ACE-IDS Program has been an FAA
national acquisition success since its inception in September 1999. Installations include:
- Atlanta TRACON plus 3 towers
- Northern California TRACON plus 22 towers
- Potomac TRACON plus 5 towers
- Honolulu CERAP plus 10 towers
- Dallas-Fort Worth Tower & TRACON plus 2 towers
- Oklahoma City Tower and TRACON plus 3 towers
- Reagan National Airport Tower
- St. Louis Gateway TRACON
- Boston Consolidated TRACON
- SEA-TAC Tower and TRACON
- Richmond Tower
- St. Louis Airport Authority
- Boeing Field
- Guam CERAP (Center Enroute Radar Approach Control) at Anderson AFB
- Indianapolis TRACON and ATCT at Indianapolis ARTCC
- Phoenix TRACON and ATCT
The AWI team works closely with the ACE-IDS Program Office to ensure success.
In addition to meeting or exceeding all of the contract specification requirements
developed by the tri-agency working group, ACE-IDS is on schedule and on budget
as we near the five-year anniversary of the contract award.
ACE-IDS is an integrated COTS/NDI system produced by All Weather, Inc. (AWI).
The system includes hardware and software components that comply with U.S.
government certification standards.
- ACE-IDS features the ACE Control Cabinet (ACC), which provides centralized
interface control via industrial grade redundant processors. The ACC software
provides Remote Maintenance Monitoring (RMM) of all interconnected ACE-IDS
system units.
- ACE-IDS features System Atlanta's IDS-5 Display Software, a versatile
Integrated Display program available on the market today. ACE-IDS also integrates
the capabilities of AWI's ACE NetView, which provides real-time maintenance
monitoring and control.
- ACE-IDS servers and workstations running the Windows-NT operating system
are linked via TCP\IP communications protocol for data dissemination over
local or wide area networks.
- ACE-IDS is designed for use in air traffic control towers, radar approach
control facilities, en route centers, automated flight service stations,
weather stations, maintenance facilities, training facilities airline and
airport operational and military air fields.
- Provides a collection of software tools, which allows each facility to
create, manage, and maintain a user-defined, custom database tailored to
the local aviation environment.
- Allows data from a wide variety of internal and external sources to be
consolidated on screen in many combinations and formats for easy access
within a graphical user interface. Reference data, such as charts, maps,
approach plates, procedures, etc. can be integrated with real-time data
collected by interfaces to other systems. ACE-IDS users can be alerted automatically
to changes in critical information.
- External interfaces include, but are not limited to: Automated Surface
Observing Systems, National Weather Service Systems, digital altimeter,
flight data input/output system, low level windshear alert system, runway
visual range, official time source, terminal doppler weather radar windshield
and graphical situation display, and other graphical weather systems.
- Integrated data formats eliminate the need for multiple system displays
at each console, freeing space while creating a single focal point at each
controller's console for obtaining information.
- Workstations may be located within a single facility, throughout an airport,
or over a wide geographical area. With almost unlimited possibilities in
interconnectivity for information exchanges, ACE-IDS provides air traffic
and aviation management personnel with rapid access to information from
many sources.
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