R.I.S.K. started developing air navigation applications for the domestic market in 1998, further extended and refined to a software system under a name PANDA.  PANDA: definition  PANDA (Procedures for Air Navigation – Design and Analysis) is a software system for visual flight and instrument flight procedures automated design in accordance with ICAO Doc.8168-OPS/611, Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS). PANDA is a next generation software product with advanced ideology and functionality.

It has already been successfully tested, implemented and applied to challenging operational tasks of the Aeronautical Information Services in Azerbaijan, Latvia and Estonia.  PANDA’s key advantages  PANDA: an integrated solution for a demanding user   In addition to its basic functions of automated procedures design, PANDA allows you to:

Analyse existing air navigation procedures and their conformity with established PANS-OPS criteria;

R.I.S.K. started developing air navigation applications for the domestic market in 1998, further extended and refined to a software system under a name PANDA. PANDA: definition PANDA (Procedures for Air Navigation – Design and Analysis) is a software system for visual flight and instrument flight procedures automated design in accordance with ICAO Doc.8168-OPS/611, Procedures for Air Navigation Services – Aircraft Operations (PANS-OPS). PANDA is a next generation software product with advanced ideology and functionality.

It has already been successfully tested, implemented and applied to challenging operational tasks of the Aeronautical Information Services in Azerbaijan, Latvia and Estonia. PANDA’s key advantages PANDA: an integrated solution for a demanding user In addition to its basic functions of automated procedures design, PANDA allows you to:

Analyse existing air navigation procedures and their conformity with established PANS-OPS criteria;

Examine impact of planned construction on air navigation safety; Evaluate navaid locations from the point of operational efficiency.

PANDA: a system for procedure designers at any proficiency level.

Notice: if a designer has started learning and practicing PANS-OPS, PANDA will help to gain proficiency and intelligence in applying PANS-OPS criteria to procedure design. Intermediate: if a designer is well versed in PANS-OPS but does not have enough practical experience, PANDA will propose more sophisticated approaches to procedures design. • Expert: if a designer is an experienced professional, PANDA will allow concentrating on key procedural parameters and aid in optimising them. PANDA: functionality for any special needs PANDA’s features allow designing terminal and en-route procedures for different categories of aircraft as well as for specific navigation aids. PANDA divides design process into logically sequential design phases, accompanied by automatic construction and conflict-free linking of nominal trajectories and associated obstacle assessment areas of successive flight segments. PANDA’s user-friendly wizard interface shows relevant parameters, reports on evaluated obstacles and presents an efficient way to accomplish design of an entire procedure at one interactive work session with a predefined sequence of dialogues. PANDA identifies dominant obstacles and calculates procedure parameters that assure necessary obstacle clearance. PANDA contains an internal database of criteria and parameters laid down in PANS-OPS to filter trivial erroneous solutions.

PANDA is able to adjust procedures design criteria to national standards.

PANDA: new design philosophy by a PANS-OPS Master

PANDA offers designers new approach to procedures design based on built-in intelligent capabilities.

Based on its own mathematical models, PANDA is able to solve multi-parametrical optimisation problems within limitations on relevant variables. During design the System suggests a set of controlling parameters for user’s consideration as well as recommends optimal solutions. A parameter change by a designer instigates an automatic search of optimal values of other parameters for a non-contradictory solution of the entire problem. A designer can make a gain / loss evaluation relatively to the optimal solution. The System presents a fine balance between operational flexibility and strict conformity to international criteria of procedure safety. PANDA monitors designer’s work and, by blocking incorrect solutions, serves to avert conflicts and safety breaches, thus minimising the impact of human error on the final result. By fundamentally transforming procedures design processes, PANDA improves quality of designed procedures, drastically cuts design times and acts as a teaching aid for beginners to enhance their design competence.

Due to its principally new design philosophy, PANDA truly is a PANS-OPS Master that is capable of proposing non-obvious optimal solutions to a procedure designer.

PANDA: based on an advanced GIS platform

PANDA System is based on ArcView 9.x ArcGIS ESRI. A standard package of ArcView 9.x, comprising three applications – ArcMap, ArcCatalog and ArcToolbox – is a set of powerful tools for mapping, report generation and cartographic analysis. PANDA: a quality control system PANDA is functionally oriented to keep to the quality management system while designing air navigation procedures. The whole design process is recorded and documented. The format and thoroughness of these documents make validation and endorsement of newly designed procedures possible without recourse to extrinsic evidence. Please visit www.pandanavigation.com to obtained more information on air navigation applications developed by R.I.S.K. Company.