NICE Systems - ATC Advanced Incident Management

NICE Systems (NASDAQ: NICE) provides the world's most professional, field-proven recording and incident management solutions for Air Traffic Control (ATC) and airports.

ATC RECORDING AND MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

NICE provides a range of ATC recording and management solutions:

• Advanced ATC incident management with NICE Inform™
• Authentic, high-quality audio with simultaneous recording and playback
• Accurate time-stamping and synchronisation with other time sources
• Easy, API-based interface with other ATC systems
• Remote control over LAN, WAN and modem
• Large disk capacity, exceeding ICAO requirements (30 days)
• Automated storage retention
• Radar recording

NICE solutions are installed and operating in over 1,300 ATC centres and airports worldwide, including the world’s 30 busiest airports.

With the increased demands of 21st century air travel, even greater pressures are being applied to air travel infrastructure and the management solutions that support it. Pressures to reduce time and costs, while increasing efficiency and safety, are a common goal for ATC, globally.

As well as being paramount for safety and training purposes, ATC voice recording is a mandatory, legal requirement based upon ICAO resolutions.

NICE INFORM™ – ADVANCED ATC INCIDENT MANAGEMENT

To meet the unique needs and challenges faced by ATC, NICE has developed the NICE Inform incident information management solution. Fully integrated with the existing NICE digital voice and video recording systems, NICE Inform enables rapid and thorough investigation to review any incident for investigative or training purposes. Users can:

• Capture, record and store audio, CCTV, VoIP, texts, emails, flight plans, screen images and radar
• Search advanced search parameters for all multimedia inputs, saving time, costs and resources
• Reconstruct the complete picture, with a 360° view of an incident that really matters
• Organise focused and relevant electronic folders to compile incident specific information
• Distribute information securely, ensuring interoperability – authenticated, audited incident material can be sent via DVD or email

Simplifying the processes of capture, search, reconstruction, organisation and distribution, NICE Inform allows the authorised user immediate access to the data, allowing it to be synchronised and replayed exactly as it happened.

The recorded multimedia, whether it be air-to-ground radio, CCTV, telephony, appended flight plans, photos or radar screen captures, can be reviewed, tagged and organised in a secured incident folder, then quarantined for a specific retention period.

Moreover, NICE Inform facilitates secure incident information sharing within and among airport and aviation associations and can dramatically accelerate air traffic investigations.

NICE'S ATC CUSTOMERS

Selected NICE ATC customers include:

• National Air Traffic Services (NATS), from the UK
• The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), from the US
• NAV Canada – air navigation services (Canada)
• SkyGuide – air traffic services (Switzerland)

NICE is a member of the following associations:

• International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers (IFATCA)
• International Federation of Air Traffic Safety Electronic Associations (IFATSEA)
• Air Traffic Control Association (ATCA)
• ICAO – certified supplier to ICAO