Cignus provides a variety of technical and operational planning services to our aviation and aerospace clients based on our vast airport, airspace, and air traffic management experience. We bring our operational and engineering experience to the table to analyze, design, and improve operations, conduct R&D on future NAS concepts, and work with clients to manage aviation risk and safety across all phases of flight. Specific areas of expertise include: – Concept Development & Validation – Operations Planning – ATC/ATM Operations Expertise – Software/System Development & Rapid Prototyping – Safety Management – Risk Management and Impact Assessments – Economic Impact & Benefit-Cost Analysis
From our company beginnings, we have supported Airport and Airspace Planning projects using simulation, analytical, and operational subject matter expertise. We support airport and airspace planning studies, master and regional planning activities, GIS artifact and tool development, and provide guidance in several other areas that are integral to an efficient and sustainable airspace system, including obstruction analysis, PBN procedures, and noise/environmental considerations. Specifically, our airport and airspace planning staff provide subject matter expertise in: – Airport, Airspace, and Terminal Planning – Fast-Time Simulation & Modeling – Performance Based Navigation (PBN) Arrival and Departure Procedure Development & Evaluation – Obstruction Analysis and Evaluation – Airport GIS Development and Updates – Airport and Airspace Operations Planning – Environmental Assessments/Environmental Impact Statements – Noise and Air Quality Analysis – Operational Impact Assessments and Demand/Capacity Studies Modeling & Simulation (M&S) provides important planning and design capabilities for airports, airlines, and ANSPs globally. Our suite of fast-time simulation tools includes: AirTOp, TAAM, SIMMOD, runwaySimulator, Arena/Simio, TARGETS, AEDT
Cignus provides specialized support to federal agencies including the FAA, NASA, DoD, and other government organizations. Our team has extensive experience navigating federal procurement processes and delivering mission-critical solutions. Capabilities include: – NextGen/SESAR Research & Development – Systems Engineering Support – Program Management and Oversight – Regulatory Compliance Analysis – Policy Development and Analysis – Technology Assessment and Integration – Safety and Risk Analysis Contract Vehicles: eFAST, Seaport-NxG, SE2025, PSS, STARS III
Cignus and our SMEs have been working with aviation data including air traffic data, flight schedules, and weather information for more than two decades. We store and process SWIM data in real-time for decision support tool development and to support operational analysis projects throughout the company. Our team of data analytics professionals continues to promote the integration and use of advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms and concepts for the development of airport, airspace, and aviation decision support tools including advanced operational dashboards. Our data analytics experience is focused on: – Advanced AI/ML Solutions to enhance operational efficiency, safety, and security – Large-scale aviation data mining, processing, and visualization platforms – Custom Operational dashboards including representation of digital twin information environments – Algorithm and Decision Support Tool (DST) platform development including supervised/unsupervised learning – Cloud computing platforms based on Platform/Infrastructure-as-a-Service concepts
Modeling & Simulation (M&S) provides important planning and design capabilities for airports, airlines, and ANSPs globally. At Cignus we use state-of-the-art fast-time simulation and analytics tools to answer capacity/delay, noise/air quality, and operational questions at all levels of fidelity. Our suite of fast-time simulation tools and capabilities includes: – AirTOp – Advanced airspace and airport simulation – TAAM – Total Airspace and Airport Modeler – SIMMOD – Airport simulation modeling – runwaySimulator – Runway capacity analysis – Arena/Simio – Discrete event simulation – TARGETS – Trajectory analysis – AEDT – Aviation Environmental Design Tool Applications: Master planning, capacity studies, construction phasing, procedure evaluation, environmental analysis, benefit-cost analysis.
Our company has been providing IT solutions and services as well as software design, development, testing, and integration expertise since 2009. Our experts provide dedicated IT management services, network/system architecture and design, cloud-migration support, and web service design and development services across a variety of federal and commercial projects. We manage large-scale data migration, management, and analytics platforms that feed decision support tools and applications across a variety of areas within the company and for external clients. Our IT and software development teams are supported by our expertise in airport, airspace, and ATC operations to ensure relevancy and provide operational context wherever possible. Some of the software and IT solutions we provide include: – Dedicated system/software development, testing, maintenance, and quality assurance – Web service platform design and implementation – Geospatial risk management and intelligence platforms – Cloud-based Decision Support Tools (DSTs) – Aviation data analytics and dashboard development – Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems