Airport bird/wildlife control program

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(2002), "Airport bird/wildlife control program", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 74 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2002.12774aab.017

Airport bird/wildlife control program

Keywords: Aircraft, Wildlife

Last year alone, bird/wildlife strikes were estimated to cause in excess of over £1.6 billion (US$2.25 billion) damage to aircraft world-wide. Micro90, aviation software developers recently announced the launch of its bird/wildlife safety control program for all airports globally. The software has been developed exclusively for airport authorities/ operations as a management safety tool for the ever increasing wildlife numbers in and around airspace.

The system enables airport authorities to record details of sightings within airspace, area using a pocket PDA computer that graphically captures the full airport layout. All information will be uploaded on to a master database automatically. The information held within the database provides a series of management reports via a web browser connected to the airports Internet. Graphs and images will provide analytical reports, text reports will provide a series of auditable data logs and a detailed animated map that enables one to view hot spots around the airport. This will allow operations to analyse over various time periods, weeks, months, years where the potential problems lye within their airport and act accordingly. "clickairport@ BIRDS" provides the eyes and ears for operational management at airports, producing accurate information and statistics.

Details available from: Micro90, Tel: +44 (0)1202 667337; E-mail: dan@micro90.com

Enigma's 3C Platform electronically delivers over 100,000 pages of technical content

Enigma Inc., a provider of content-driven e-business for the support chain, recently announced that Honeywell Aerospace will implement the content component of Enigma's 3C Platform for the distribution of its 331 model family and selected 36-series Auxiliary Power Units' (APU) technical documentation.

The implementation of Enigma's XML based 3C platform will reportedly enable Honeywell to electronically and dynamically deliver over 100,000 pages of critical technical information, including maintenance, repair and spare parts information to its world-wide airline customers, repair centres, regulatory agencies and Honeywell service and repair organisations. By providing faster, interactive access to more up-to-date information, Honeywell offers its customers improved productivity and increased revenue through equipment uptime. Productivity savings will result from faster information retrieval as a result of Enigma's intelligent search capability, linking between and within documents, connectivity between graphics and text and the portability of data.

According to Enigma its 3C Platform provides integrated content, commerce and collaboration capabilities to foster better post- sale relationships between manufacturers and equipment operators. The application is said to provide Honeywell with the opportunity to link its content to other critical systems, including transaction engines and enterprise resource planning.

"Honeywell is implementing Enigma's technology to provide our customers with the most comprehensive content solution available to support mission-critical repair, maintenance and spare parts purchasing," said Fred Regel, director, Customer Support Centre, Aerospace Services, at Honeywell. "This technology investment is a direct result of our commitment to helping our customers succeed in the information-dependent aerospace market."

The 331 and selected 36 Series implementations will be offered to Honeywell's airline, corporate and maintenance facility customers, who own, operate or repair APUs. The offering will contain the complete manual library for each of the engine models, including inspection, standard practice, repair and maintenance manuals, illustrated parts catalogues, field service notes and service bulletins for the engine and its associated components. "These products give our customers a competitive advantage in the marketplace," said Greg Albert, director, Narrowbody APUS. Honeywell's APU model families are used on nearly every commercial aircraft world-wide and on business and regional jets to perform main engine starting, cabin cooling and electrical power generation. The 331 Series services nine Boeing and Airbus commercial widebody aircraft while the 36 series services major business and regional jet fleets.

"In aerospace, as in other capital equipment markets, quality customer service relies in large part on the accessibility of crucial maintenance information," said Nathan Shuchami, vice president of Aerospace at Enigma. "Through dynamically updated content and superior search and navigation functionality, Honeywell will reduce its customers' service cycles and ensures improved equipment uptime."

Details available from: Enigma Inc., Website: www.enigma.comwww.enigma.com