ATM Architecture & Information Management

Under the umbrella of the pan-European system design approach, the ATM Architecture & Information Management activities in EUROCONTROL focus on the development and support to implementation of a digital, reliable and cost-efficient information environment for the whole of ATM. The overall objective is the establishment of a network-centric information environment in Europe, also known as System Wide Information Management (SWIM).

Through partnerships with SESAR JU and other ATM stakeholders the main activities focus on:

• A pan-European performance driven system (operational and architecture) design. Hereby the Enterprise Architecture (EA) methodology is being validated for a first pan-European application to ATM.
• Definition, maintenance and access to overarching information reference models (e.g. AIRM and ISRM).
• Definition and harmonised transition from the present Aeronautical Information Services (AIS) to Aeronautical Information Management (AIM), transitioning from paper products to a digital, fully managed data centric environment.
• The managed evolution of customised meteorological (MET) information exchange solutions towards full ATM MET information sharing, contributing to the efficiency and quality of ATM decision making.
• Support to the sharing of consistent flight information between all stakeholders ensuring that all systems have a consistent view of the information during all phases of flight.
• The enabling of  timely and efficient airport information sharing for the purpose of airport strategic and tactical planning at local and ATM network levels.
• Contribution to the SWIM specification and future evolution management, both in the field of technical standards and governance.
• Provision of an integrated verification SWIM test platform.

In all these areas global interoperability requirements are worked upon via active global cooperation and coordination with other national and international bodies.

Below are links to the six main content areas which constitute Information Management:

• Aeronautical Information Management (AIM)
• Airport Network
• Aviation Meteorology (MET)
• Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• Flight
• System Wide Information Management (SWIM)