Honeywell NAVITAS™ to enhance safety at airside operations

The Honeywell NAVITAS™ software suite aims to integrate air and ground traffic control with maintenance operations, so that airports can more easily accommodate growing air traffic while promoting safety and on-time performance.

The components assist personnel in visualizing and routing aircraft movements — from enhancing situational awareness about traffic conditions and more safely expediting aircraft turnaround times, to automating fault diagnostics for airside equipment — all despite the increasing complexity and stress associated with today’s airport operations.

“Airports around the globe are seeing dramatic increases in traffic, and while that makes the world more connected, it increases complexity to ensure safe and reliable operations,” said Sonja Strand, vice-president and general manager for Honeywell’s global airports business.

Some of the specific features of the NAVITAS modules include:

Honeywell NAVITAS Tower Manager:

This helps to improve the productivity of air traffic controllers by enhancing situational awareness of airport surface operations. It gives controllers access to real-time information on the ground, air traffic and meteorological conditions, presenting the information in a single interface, and providing visibility into a multitude of traffic events while reducing the chance for error.

Honeywell NAVITAS Surface Manager:

This helps airports get more out of their existing infrastructure by enhancing ground traffic safety, fluency and throughput in a wide range of weather conditions while helping to reduce their fuel burn and carbon footprint. The module also provides the software necessary for airports to use all four levels of an advanced-surface movement guidance and control system (A-SMGCS) including surveillance, routing, guidance and airport safety support.

Honeywell NAVITAS Engineering Manager:

This helps engineers and technicians manage maintenance by enabling them to more effectively monitor system health, more easily perform fault diagnostics and to streamline workflows, which also often helps reduce operational costs. It features a mobile interface and automates the diagnostics and failure reporting, while simplifying manual tasks and reducing paperwork, giving personnel better visibility into the availability, reliability and performance of airside systems.

Honeywell NAVITAS Performance Manager:

This features dashboards that allow airport staff to collaborate and analyse operations in line with major performance indicators. The module, accessible both on premise and remotely, provides access to a common base of holistic information and allows for the application of big data analytics for real-time and predictive insights, often enabling more efficient and informed decision-making.