New SITTI-ENAV Integrated Tower Product

At the World ATM Congress 2021 in Madrid, SITTI and ENAV Group are jointly announcing their new product Tower Integrated Information System (TIIS), a co-brand turn-key solution to integrate all systems and applications used in ATC Towers.

Come visit us at booth 562.

TIIS complete configuration is composed by:

  • ATC Console
  • TIIS Management Application
  • Tower Electronic Strip Bay
  • Tower Controller Working Position
  • Workstation for Flight Data Processing
  • Automatic Weather Observation System
  • Digital Automatic Terminal Information Service
  • Aeronautical Dynamic Data Management
  • Aeronautical Message Handling System
  • Voice Communication System
  • Audio/Video Recording and Playback System
  • Local and Remote Alarm Systems
  • Runway Lights
  • Ancillary equipment (Cameras, I/O devices)

Thanks to TIIS Management Application, all or part of the above systems can be supplied and integrated. Furthermore, its scalability and flexibility allow the integration of third-party legacy systems. Tower Integrated Information System is a hardware/ software solution for airports of any size or Remote Towers, which concentrates different data sources into one integrated product that reduces the number of objects on the controller working position desks. The ATC applications can be arranged in configurable desktops and layouts, each dealing with different management aspects, according to the Customer needs.

MODERNIZATION OF ENAV VCS INFRASTRUCTURE

In order to properly phase the introduction of the new VOIP technology at their premises, ENAV issued a tender for the definition of a Frame Contract that would allow them to gradually acquire the systems, according to their needs and internal schedule. The Frame Contract is aimed at addressing all airports operating in Italy, both in their Main and Emergency configuration.

Each airport site has its own characteristics and specific needs that have been taken into consideration while discussing the contract, so that ENAV can ask SITTI to provide the solution elements that best suit the local requirements e.g. in terms of communication interfaces and controller working positions.

This gives ENAV the freedom to span their modernization process over a longer period of time, without losing the possibility of implementing the upgrade steps according to their internal programs and schedules. Whenever ENAV decides to start with the upgrade of a specific national or international airport in Italy, a specific executive proposal is being submitted by SITTI for ultimate ENAV approval.

Such technical proposal takes into consideration on one side the current radio and telephone connections at the designated site and on the other side the best solution elements (in terms of hardware and software modules) to fully support those interfaces and to provide additional standard VOIP features in full compliance with the latest national and international standards and recommendations.

For the time being, ENAV has already ordered SITTI the provision of the main systems for the following airports:

  • Milano Malpensa International Airport
  • Milano Linate International Airport
  • Rome Fiumicino International Airport
  • Bologna “Guglielmo Marconi”
  • Genova “Cristoforo Colombo”
  • Brescia “Gabriele D’Annunzio”
  • Rimini “Federico Fellini”
  • Treviso “Antonio Canova”

Two other VCS Systems for mobile towers have been commissioned and will be operational by mid 2021. A large number of radio and telephone connections have been migrated to the new M800IP® systems, thus significantly improving the overall signal quality and capability of managing devices of different kinds (analogue, digital, VOIP).

 

In order to properly phase the introduction of the new VOIP technology at their premises, ENAV issued a tender for the definition of a Frame Contract that would allow them to gradually acquire the systems, according to their needs and internal schedule. The Frame Contract is aimed at addressing all airports operating in Italy, both in their Main and Emergency configuration.

Each airport site has its own characteristics and specific needs that have been taken into consideration while discussing the contract, so that ENAV can ask SITTI to provide the solution elements that best suit the local requirements e.g. in terms of communication interfaces and controller working positions.

This gives ENAV the freedom to span their modernization process over a longer period of time, without losing the possibility of implementing the upgrade steps according to their internal programs and schedules. Whenever ENAV decides to start with the upgrade of a specific national or international airport in Italy, a specific executive proposal is being submitted by SITTI for ultimate ENAV approval.

Such technical proposal takes into consideration on one side the current radio and telephone connections at the designated site and on the other side the best solution elements (in terms of hardware and software modules) to fully support those interfaces and to provide additional standard VOIP features in full compliance with the latest national and international standards and recommendations.

For the time being, ENAV has already ordered SITTI the provision of the main systems for the following airports:

  • Milano Malpensa International Airport
  • Milano Linate International Airport
  • Rome Fiumicino International Airport
  • Bologna “Guglielmo Marconi”
  • Genova “Cristoforo Colombo”
  • Brescia “Gabriele D’Annunzio”
  • Rimini “Federico Fellini”
  • Treviso “Antonio Canova”

Two other VCS Systems for mobile towers have been commissioned and will be operational by mid 2021. A large number of radio and telephone connections have been migrated to the new M800IP® systems, thus significantly improving the overall signal quality and capability of managing devices of different kinds (analogue, digital, VOIP).

SITTI HELPS MOVING APP TO ACC

ENAV, the Italian Air Navigation Service Provider, is aiming at moving the approach (APP) function from the towers to the ACCs managing the relevant areas. This will make coordination between ACC and APP easier and more straightforward, and it will be releasing resources at the airport towers, that have been responsible for this service till now.

The move of the APP function to the ACC premises requires coordination with the towers involved, in such a way that communications with towers are guaranteed even in case of failure of the Voice Communication System of the ACC.

A new “intercom” network has been put in place, completely independent of the VCS, to ensure that ACC and towers can always communicate, whichever the status of the ordinary communication network between them. The new intercom connections put ACC and towers in direct connection, as if they were “hot lines”, not requiring an explicit acknowledgement when a call is received by the tower.

The intercom system is configurable by means of the supervision system already envisaged for the VCS, thus not requiring any further special configuration computer and also utilizing the same database to avoid any kind of mistake for error-free activities. Re-sectorizations made at VCS level automatically reflect at intercom level, without any need for manual intervention. The audio exchanged between operators over the intercom system is recorded, as it happens for any other communication for possible later analysis and replay.

Each ACC is equipped with a specially developed keyboard, capable of connecting up to 8 towers. Vice versa each connected tower is equipped with a receiving/transmitting device to manage intercom conversations to the relevant ACC. Loudspeakers make incoming audio audible at any time.

SITTI At Inter Airport Europe

SITTI is a founding member of AIR TECH ITALY, the association of Italian companies providing products and services to airports worldwide (www.airtechitaly.com) with the aim of promoting the excellence and proactivity of Made in Italy solutions. Air Tech Italy and the Italian Trade & Investment Agency of the Foreign Offices Ministery organized the partecipation of a large number of associates to the INTER AIRPORT EUROPE exhibition, which will take place in Munich from 8 to 12 November 2021.

SITTI will be present at this important event, where it will be presenting the latest technical achievements in the field of Air Traffic Control (ATC) and operations rooms. SITTI can provide integrated comprehensive solutions for the complete management of voice and data related to the control of air flows, by putting together radio, telephone and intercom communications, allowing any kind of links and lines to be converted to/from IP according to the EUROCAE standards, especially ED-137.

In this respect, SITTI represents a one-stop solution provider permitting Customers to respond to all their needs, ranging from voice switching to recording, from analogue to digital and VoIP, from small airfield towers to large national control centers.

SITTI AT PMI DAY – MILANO

SITTI will be present at the PMI DAY organized by the Polytechnic University of Milan, where the company will meet graduated students interested in joining the company for covering the roles of:

– PROGRAM MANAGER (2 vacancies)

– PROPOSAL MANAGER (2 vacancies)

PMI is the Italian acronym for SME (Small and Medium Enterprise).

Read more here: https://www.careerservice.polimi.it/it-IT/Meetings/Home/Index/?eventId=25369