The Foundation opened a new phase of its Global Safety Information Program (GSIP) earlier this month when it forged a partnership with Aireon to collaborate on applying space-based automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast (ADS-B) data to develop, share and identify safety risks in global airspace and to use this information to inform emerging issues. This initiative is aligned with the Foundation’s long legacy of promoting a data-driven approach to improving aviation safety.
The four pillars of GSIP are safety data collection, safety data processing and analysis, safety information sharing and safety information protection, and our agreement with Aireon falls squarely into that rubric. Under terms of our agreement, the Foundation will oversee the development of safety performance indicators (SPIs), safety metrics and analytics using Aireon’s ADS-B data. Additionally, the Foundation will be working in collaboration with the international stakeholder community to share the met…
