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Thinking on any of the following?:

• Air Traffic Management (ATM)
• Air Traffic Control Communication, Navigation & Surveillance (ATC CNS) System Engineering and Design
• ATM Project Management
• Technical Safeguarding and Simulation

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Thinking - Due Diligence and Audit of Airport’s CNS and ATM

Many airports now belong to business groups or consortia and airports continue to attract attention when they come to market.   Good business practise dictates that due diligence is applied before undertaking such large investments.  Even if the scenario does not involve the direct selling or purchase of a whole airport, undertaking due diligence is also “Best Practise” before embarking upon any major technical infrastructure upgrade, such as Airport Air Navigation Equipment (AANE).  Cyrrus can assist by undertaking an audit of the existing AANE currently in use at an airport to determine its useful service life, value and also provide an estimate of when replacement should be anticipated and budgeted for.  Cyrrus can also assist Airport Operators on how to prioritise equipment procurement plans to meet a company’s business needs and capital expenditure budget.  

Why Cyrrus?

Because Cyrrus offers the following features and benefits:

• We can supplement Airports’ own resources for specific projects;  working with Cyrrus’ resources ‘buys in’ our skills and experience so that the Airports’ risk of learning ‘The Hard Way’ is minimised
• The ‘In House’ skill-set we possess enables a common-sense appraisal of a Units’ AANE to be undertaken that will be objective, independent and unbiased towards any particular resolution or supplier
• Cyrrus has the in-depth knowledge of what is, and what is not, practical and specialises in producing imaginative proposals that produce cost-effective, long term resolutions to any identified problems.
• Cyrrus’ personnel have a wide range of experience in conducting AANE audits.  These are followed up with written reports which propose an action plan (where appropriate) that will meet the operational requirement.
• If necessary, Cyrrus can manage the resultant programme for the customer and accept responsibility for the effective implementation of the project.  Alternatively, the audit report can be passed to the customer’s own project management staff to implement with Cyrrus assuming the technical support role.

Recent Projects

• Conducted an audit on the Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL) for Exeter International Airport to assist the new owners to establish and manage a cost-effective long-term maintenance, refurbishment and replacement programme for their AGL systems (2009).
• Audited the radar equipment at Kent International Airport for a potential new SSR (2008).
• Conducted an audit on the Communications Navigation and Surveillance (CNS) equipment at Leeds Bradford International Airport to assist the new owners establish their long-term CNS re-equipment, upgrade and replacement programme (2008).
• Conducted an audit on the radar upgrade and communications equipment for Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield (2007 – 2008).
• Conducted Due Diligence work at Norwich Airport – (2005).Worked as part of a team conducting an AANE audit on Belfast International Airport (2006).